Date of Graduation

5-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Public Health

Degree Level

Undergraduate

Department

Health, Human Performance and Recreation

Advisor/Mentor

Hammig, Bart

Committee Member

Corrigan, Lisa

Abstract

Given the ongoing phenomenon of unintentional pediatric firearm deaths, this project seeks to examine how the mainstream media reports on these events and how media frames could be altered to better promote public health prevention efforts.

Keywords

pediatric gun violence; gun violence prevention; public health communication

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