Gun violence is among America’s most deadly and costly public health crises. But unlike other big killers — diseases like cancer and HIV or dangers like automobile crashes and cigarettes — sparse...
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Unpacking Firearm Access and Firearm Violence Exposure Among American Indian or Alaskan Native and Black Adults
Mueller-Williams AC, Coughlin LN, Goldstick JE. Unpacking Firearm Access and Firearm Violence Exposure Among American Indian or Alaskan Native and Black Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(3):e240020....
Firearm manufacturing and imports in the USA and their association to firearm homicides in Central America and the Caribbean, 1991-2019
Weigend Vargas E, Hans Z, Wiebe DJ, Goldstick JE. Firearm manufacturing and imports in the USA and their association to firearm homicides in Central America and the Caribbean, 1991-2019. Inj Prev....
Media Mention: Dr. Hsieh and Firearm Injury Prevention Among Asian Americans
In November, NINR participated in the 2023 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, held in Chicago. Dr. Hsing-Fang Hsieh, research assistant professor in the...
School threat assessment toolkit now available to schools for violence prevention
University of Michigan, University of Virginia partner on effort to keep schools safe A new toolkit designed to support U.S. schools’ violence prevention efforts has been published by the National...
University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Research Day
The hybrid event highlighted the Institute’s accomplishments over the past three years, as well as key research and programs that we are conducting in the State of Michigan and nationwide with...
Media Mention: MI residents must now lock up guns when a minor is in the house
Michigan residents are now required by law to safely store their guns while a minor is in the house. There’s a range of devices Michigan residents can get to safely store their firearm, and many...
Media Mention: Active shooter defense is becoming big business in Texas. Experts ask if it’s paying off
As the rate of gun deaths grows in Texas, the pro-business state has turned to solutions that have transformed what it’s like to walk into schools and remade business priorities for executives who...
U-M livestream: What the state’s new gun laws mean for Michigan residents
Watch the recording of the event and learn more about the new laws U-M livestream: What the state's new gun laws mean for Michigan residents DATE: Noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 EVENT: "Michigan's...
Gender wage gap and male perpetrated child abuse
Hans, Z., Belzer, M.H. Gender wage gap and male perpetrated child abuse. Rev Econ Household (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-024-09693-x Abstract Given that child abuse and intimate partner...
State expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility and rates of firearm-involved deaths in the United States
Sokol RL, Austin AE. State expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility and rates of firearm-involved deaths in the United States. Inj Prev Epub ahead of print: 2 Feb 2024....
Media Mention: Stateside: Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024
On today's Stateside, we listened to the Genesee County Prosecutor's reasons for charging a man under Michigan's new safe firearm storage rules. The 2-year-old daughter of the accused shot herself...