Reports characterizing recent increases in firearm-related deaths underestimate the magnitude of the issue, and existing theories “fall short” in explaining the surge, according to a new study led...
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Media Mention: Responding to gun violence at schools
Dr. Justin Heinze speaks with Fox 2 KTVU about a school shooting in California and the importance of a comprehensive school safety plan.
Podcast: Anonymous Reporting: Averting School Tragedies
In this episode of Stop the Killing, hosts Katherine Schweit and Sarah Ferris sit down with Dr. Elyse J. Thulin, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor at the University of Michigan’s Institute for...
Firearm possession among emergency department youth and young adults: A latent class analysis
Hartman, H. A., Seewald, L. A., Stallworth, P., Lee, D. B., Zimmerman, M. A., Ehrlich, P. F., Walton, M. A., Resnicow, K., & Carter, P. M. (2024). Firearm possession among emergency department...
U-M Livestream: Celebrate Safely: Holiday Firearm Safety Matters Webinar
Experts from the University of Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, Michigan Medicine, the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and the Marquette County Health Department will...
Association between community violence exposure and teen parental firearm ownership: data from a nationally representative study
Pelletier, K. R., Pizarro, J. M., Royan, R., Sokol, R., Cunningham, R. M., Zimmerman, M. A., & Carter, P. M. (2024). Association between community violence exposure and teen parental firearm...
Nearly half of Latin American migrants at US border experienced gun violence or threats back home
Almost half of the migrants crossing into the United States from Latin America and the Caribbean report previously experiencing firearm-related threats or violence in their home country, according...
Legacy of Racism and Firearm Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Hans, Z., Lee, D. B., Zimmerman, M. A., & Wiebe, D. J. (2024). Legacy of racism and firearm violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, e1–e9....
Media Mention: As fights disrupt Michigan schools, districts try ways to resolve violence
Brawls between students are disrupting some Michigan schools this fall and even prompting shelter-in-place protocols in some cases that usually are reserved for threats of gun violence ― a situation...
Media Mention: En Portada Documentary
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....
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...