ABSTRACT
The book largely focuses on solutions that can be implemented right away. [...]in line with existing data and literature on prevention of gun violence, it underscores the need for a multifaceted prevention approach. The authors then identify clear gaps in existing public health surveillance (particularly as they consider different types of gun violence), and this discussion ends with a call for a coordinated data collection effort to be expanded to include nonfatal injuries from firearms. A true preventive public health approach must consider the ways in which both indirect (e.g., witnessing gun violence) and direct (e.g., being injured with a bullet) forms of exposure to gun violence affect the health and well-being of individuals and communities.4,5 Building off of this foundation, the predominant theme woven throughout the book's subsequent chapters is the notion that multiple strategies across sectors and levels are needed to reduce the harms that stem from our national gun violence crisis.