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Media Mention: Michiganders discuss gun safety reform and firearm injury prevention; look ahead to issue in 2024
After a series of mass shooting throughout the year, some say there is more momentum now to pass gun safety reform laws and it could be a key issue for some candidates running in 2024. States like...
Media Mention: Trinity Health Muskegon launches violence reduction program housed in ER
A new effort to stop youth violence before it starts is underway at Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital. The program, "SafERTeens" is the brainchild of the University of Michigan's Institute for...
Media Mention: As research grows into how to stop gun violence, one city looks to science for help
In recent years, research reviews have begun to conclude there’s enough evidence to say which public health interventions prevent shootings, which do not, and which need more study. Nearly...
Gender and Firearm Injury Prevention Research Funding Opportunity
U-M's Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG) and U-M's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention have announced a partnership with the goal being to catalyze research on gender and...
Properly implemented firearm access policies are effective at reducing injury, study finds
When evidence-based firearm injury prevention policies such as extreme risk protection orders are implemented properly, they can play a significant role in preventing gun-related injuries and death,...
Media Mention: Michigan’s OK2SAY program shows a rise in school violence tips
Michigan’s school violence prevention reporting system received 7,415 tips in 2022, annual numbers from Michigan State Police said, a 19% increase from the year before. The reporting system, OK2SAY,...
Media Mention: The GOP and the NRA want to stop gun violence research. California is a target.
California has been the epicenter of American gun violence research, largely because it maintains an extensive repository of firearms data and, unlike other states, has historically made much of the...
Media Mention: Expert weighs in on GRPS’s decision to un-ban backpacks
When students in Grand Rapids go back to class next month, they'll be able to take their backpacks with them. Grand Rapids Public Schools banned backpacks in May after four incidents where young...
IFIP Faculty Awarded Highest U-M Honor
Dr. Justin Heinze, associate professor of health behavior and health education, School of Public Health and Director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention School Safety Core, has been...
Media Mention: Detroit’s Summer Gun Violence: A Complex Issue Beyond School Breaks
A study conducted by the University of Michigan found that neighborhoods with higher rates of poverty and unemployment also had higher rates of gun violence, as cited in this Michigan Chronicle...
Media Mention: UMich community discusses statewide firearm violence prevention efforts
This spring, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed 10 gun safety bills into law for the state of Michigan. The changes include expanding universal background checks for gun purchases, creating safe storage...