A new VCU project seeks to reduce gun violence with the help of virtual reality – VCU News

Written by on November 10, 2023

Across the country, the hospital has become a critical location for gun violence prevention: Violently injured adults are at an increased risk of reinjury and mortality after being discharged, and they are 88 times more likely to engage in retaliatory violence.       

Yet such patients are often difficult to engage in intervention. A new project at Virginia Commonwealth University will seek to reach high-risk patients and reduce gun violence, injury and death . . .



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