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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 […]
“I don’t think there’s ever been an incident that I’ve learned about or read about that has somebody waking up — whether it’s in a school or a workplace — and saying, ‘Oh, this is a good day to pick up a gun and shoot a bunch of people. There’s usually bubbling grievances to the […]
Sokol, R., Clift, J., Mitchell, L., Martinez, J. J., & Rusnak, C. (2023). Students’ and caregivers’ attitudes and preferences toward screening for negative social determinants of health in a predominantly Latinx high school. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. https://doi.org/10.1086/725701 Abstract Objective: Social risk factors—the adverse social conditions associated with poor health—disproportionately […]
Zeoli, A.M., Molocznik, A., Paruk, J. et al. A multi-state evaluation of extreme risk protection orders: a research protocol. Inj. Epidemiol. 11, 49 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00535-z Abstract Background Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are civil court orders that prohibit firearm purchase and possession when someone is behaving dangerously and is at risk of harming themselves and/or […]
The Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia has been a reminder of the rare but devastating threat of gun violence in schools. With the recent shootings that occurred in Oxford High School and Michigan State University, many are still grappling with the physical and mental trauma left by those experiences. Justin Heinze, the co-director of […]
Swanson, J. W., Zeoli, A. M., Frattaroli, S., Betz, M., Easter, M., Kapoor, R., Knoepke, C., Norko, M., Pear, V. A., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Schleimer, J. P., & Wintemute, G. J. (2024). Suicide prevention effects of extreme risk protection order laws in four states. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, JAAPL.240056-24. […]
Vargas, L., Epperson, C.N., Richmond, T.S., Sharif, S., Berkowitz, L., Giano, Z., Hargarten, S., Ungar, M., Weigend-Vargas, E., & Sakai, J. (2024). Extortion experiences of recent adult immigrants from Latin America: self-reported prevalence, associated costs, and current mental health. Inj. Epidemiol., 11, 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00524-2 Abstract Violence across Latin America is an increasingly important factor influencing […]
Goldstick, J. E., Carter, P. M., Whiteside, L., Delgado, M. K., Stallworth, P., Sullivan, K., Childs, M., Taga, S., & Cunningham, R. M. (2024). Firearm violence and associated factors among young adults presenting to emergency departments in three cities: Baseline results from Project SPARK. Preventive Medicine, 108124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.108124 Abstract Objective Recent shifts in U.S. violence […]
Weigend Vargas E, Stallworth P, Carter PM, Goldstick JE. State-to-State Variation in Rates and Causes of Child and Adolescent Mortality in the US. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Sep 3. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2894. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39226041. No abstract available.
Michigan State University Extension has been awarded a $1.55 million federal grant to fund a program aimed at equipping Michigan youth with vital mental health skills and preventing school violence. The program is called STOP School Violence, and the acronym stands for Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence. The program is hosted by the National […]