A new VCU project seeks to reduce gun violence with the help of virtual reality – VCU News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network 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.   Â
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 . . .