More than a third of middle school students have used technology-facilitated reporting systems (TFRS) to report concerns about friends who are in distress, according to a study in the Journal of...
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Media Mention: Audit shows most Arizona schools failing safety plan standards
More than two decades after Arizona first required schools to adopt Emergency Operations Plans, a new state audit shows many campuses remain dangerously unprepared for active shooter events, natural...
Church attack in Michigan: U-M experts available to comment
Experts from the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention are available to discuss various aspects of the mass shooting in Michigan, from firearm injury prevention to public...
Media Mention: College students’ reports of depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts continue move in positive direction
For the third year in a row, college students are reporting lower rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts, according to the nation’s largest survey of student mental health. The 2024-2025...
Research assistant perspectives on strategies to reduce the likelihood of experiencing vicarious trauma
Paruk, J., Rhode, S., Molocznik, A., Christy, A., Knoepke, C. E., Kapoor, R., Frattaroli, S., & Zeoli, A. M. (2025). Research assistant perspectives on strategies to reduce the likelihood of...
Weapon victimization and long-term cardiovascular disease risk
Lee, E., Semenza, D. C., Geronimus, A. T., & Heinze, J. (2025). Weapon victimization and long-term cardiovascular disease risk. Social Science & Medicine, 381, 118236....
Normative beliefs approving of aggression moderate the observational learning of weapon use.
Docherty, M., Dubow, E. F., Boxer, P., & Huesmann, L. R. (2025). Normative beliefs approving of aggression moderate the observational learning of weapon use. Psychology of Violence. Advance...
Firearm incidents and cardiovascular disease mortality: A census-tract level study
Lee, E., Pan, W., Wang, L., & Heinze, J. (2025). Firearm incidents and cardiovascular disease mortality: A census-tract level study. Social Science & Medicine, 382, 118371....
Media Mention: CDC Data Is Helping Combat Gun Violence. But It’s at Risk of Disappearing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has for decades spearheaded federal efforts to understand and reduce gun violence. Sweeping cuts imposed by the Trump administration are now...
Coordinated Strategy Needed to Ensure Active Shooter Drill Practices in Schools Protect Mental and Emotional Health of Students, Says New Report
According to a recently released report from the The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, districts and schools should consider a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to...
Media Mention: NYC shooter had two ‘mental health holds’ in Las Vegas. They didn’t affect his legal right to own guns
Records released this week by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police confirm they had several contacts in recent years with the 27-year-old man who drove to New York and killed four people on July 28. The...
SafERteens Mortality Follow-up: Institute for Firearm Injury Proposal
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