En Portada explores gun culture from the perspective of an instructor at a shooting range, or the efforts of doctors and researchers to prevent the public health crisis unfolding in the U.S. Dr....
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Examining the Popularity, Content, and Intersections With the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Definition of Recovery in a Nonclinical Online Cannabis Cessation Community: Infodemiology Study of Reddit Posts
Thulin EJ, Walton MA, Bonar EE, Fernandez A. Examining the Popularity, Content, and Intersections With the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Definition of Recovery in a...
Childhood Firearm Deaths During Intimate Partner Violence Incidents: 2004–2020
Laura A. Seewald, Heather A. Hartman, Philip Stallworth, Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Peter F. Ehrlich, Heather Dykstra, Cynthia Ewell Foster, Rebeccah Sokol, Douglas Wiebe, Patrick M. Carter; Childhood...
Contextual Factors Influencing Firearm Deaths Occurring Among Children
Heather A. Hartman, Laura A. Seewald, Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Jorge Portugal, Peter F. Ehrlich, Sasha Mintz, Cynthia Ewell Foster, Rebeccah Sokol, Douglas Wiebe, Patrick M. Carter; Contextual...
Youth Firearm Mortality in the Americas From 2015 to 2022
Degli Esposti, M., Pulcini, C. D., Fleegler, E. W., Weigend Vargas, E., Vargas, L., Yock-Corrales, A., & Hargarten, S. (2024). Youth Firearm Mortality in the Americas From 2015 to 2022. JAMA...
Store safely: A firearm injury prevention strategy for rural families
Ewell Foster, C., Magness, C. S., Derwin, S., Kahsay, E., Smith, T., Rivara, F. P., Massey, L., & King, C. A. (2024). Store safely: A firearm injury prevention strategy for rural families....
Firearm-related threats before migrating to the USA from Latin America and the Caribbean
Weigend Vargas, E., Goldstick, J., & Vargas, L. (2024). Firearm-related threats before migrating to the USA from Latin America and the Caribbean. Injury prevention : journal of the International...
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...
Media Mention: Tackling vacant lots, built environments to improve health, well-being
For 26 years, the Prevention Research Center of Michigan has researched ways to create safer, more inviting and accessible neighborhood spaces and improve physical and mental health. Now, with $5...
$998K awarded to U-M researchers to evaluate effectiveness of school-based firearm storage campaign
In February 2024, Michigan enacted a safe storage law mandating secure firearm storage when minors are present, seeking to prevent children’s unintended access to firearms and ultimately curb...
Summer 2025 Internship Informational Session
The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention is happy to announce that we are offering five intern positions for Summer 2025. The internship is open to upper class undergraduate students and graduate...
Media Mention: How public health focuses on gun safety and reducing firearm violence
The Yours, Mine, and Ours — Public Health series highlights how our state's public health agencies keep us healthy, safe, and informed about issues impacting physical and mental health in our...