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Media Mention: Firearm deaths now top cause of death for U.S. high schoolers, WSU study finds
Firearm-related deaths among high school-aged youth have surged over the past two decades, surpassing motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of death since 2017, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers. The study, published in Injury Epidemiology, analyzed federal data from 2001 to 2022 for 11- to 18-year-olds in both rural […]
Media Mention: Van Buren Twp. man arrested after firing rifle, gun from his home
A man was arrested Wednesday after firing weapons from his Van Buren Township home and prompting police to order his neighbors to shelter in place. No injuries were reported, police said. Dr. Pat Carter spoke to the Detroit News about the difficulty of tracking incidents involving the irresponsible use of firearms because the data is […]
Addressing firearm injuries before they happen
Every time someone buckles their seatbelt, puts on a bicycle helmet or places their child in a car seat, they are utilizing the evidence base built over decades by the field of injury prevention research. Researchers attribute the success of injury prevention research to its collaborative, multidisciplinary nature. It brings together diverse backgrounds and expertise […]
Media Mention: Many Caregivers Aren’t Asking About Firearms in Homes Their Children Visit. What Increases the Odds of Them Asking?
Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death in children and teens in the US, and many of these injuries take place in other people’s homes. Increased focus is being placed on the ways that pediatricians counsel on firearm safety, including discussing firearms in homes that children visit. For providers to provide impactful counseling, it is important to […]
Media Mention: Solutions to U.S. Gun Violence Hinge on Election
In 2020, the last time the presidency was on the ballot, firearm injuries became the leading cause of death among children. This June, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, pointing to 48,204 deaths from firearms in 2022. Dr. Pat Carter speaks with Think Global Health about firearm injury prevention research and its critical […]
Media Mention: In 2019, Congress Finally Funded Gun Violence Research. Here’s How It’s Changed the Field
In the mid-2010s, as a series of mass shootings set new records for lethality and turned the public’s attention toward America’s gun violence epidemic, the same question was raised again and again: Why won’t the federal government fund gun violence research? Twice as much federal money was being spent on hernias and ulcers, which aren’t usually fatal, as on gun […]
Conversations between clinicians and their patients about firearms could save lives
Health care providers who counsel their patients about firearm safety and prevention could prevent future injury or death, including suicides, violent injuries and unintentional injuries resulting from firearms, according to a University of Michigan report. In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at U-M’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention make the case […]
65 million Americans now own firearms for protection, suggests survey
Some 65 million Americans now own firearms for protection—around 80% of the country’s estimated 81 million gun owners—suggest the results of a nationally representative survey carried out in 2023, and published online in the journal Injury Prevention. This perceived need is changing the profile of gun owners, the findings indicate, with increasing numbers of women and […]
Media Mention: State budget supports U-M’s education, economic development efforts
The Michigan Legislature passed a 2024-25 general fund and education omnibus budget June 27, allocating a modest increase for the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus’ operations and significant investments in the university’s economic development and innovation efforts, as well as firearm injury prevention and safety. The spending plan now goes to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer […]
Surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis: U-M experts available
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared firearm violence a public health crisis, saying it’s time to deploy approaches similar to lifesaving anti-smoking and traffic safety campaigns to decrease deaths and injuries caused by guns. Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, School of Public Health and Michigan Medicine have endorsed this […]
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