Opioid overdose deaths have grown ten-fold in Michigan since 2000, and the opioid epidemic continues to be a major public health crisis impacting thousands of Michiganders and their loved ones. To...
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Store Safely: Firearm Injury Prevention for Rural Families
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Media Mention: Why Even Public Health Experts Have Limited Insight Into Stopping Gun Violence in America
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...
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...
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...
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: How will experts measure effectiveness of Mich.’s new safe storage laws?
The new storage law, which went into effect Feb. 13, is part of several new legal strategies being used in Michigan to help stem gun violence as firearm-related injuries have become the leading...
Media Mention: Michigan’s new ‘red flag’ gun law now effect, as of Feb. 13 — Here’s a look at how it works
Starting today in Michigan, if a person is found to be at risk of harm to themselves or others with a gun, the state's new so-called 'red flag' law can temporarily take away their firearms. WWJ's...
Media Mention: Michigan’s red flag law takes effect
Michigan joined 20 other states, plus the District of Columbia, to enact an Extreme Protection Order law, this week. It’s also known as a red flag law. If a person is found to be at risk of harm to...
Podcast Series: Understanding Firearm-Related Injury and School Violence
In this podcast interview series, presented by the National Center for School Safety, experts will discuss topics such as youth suicide prevention, anonymous reporting systems, and community...
Media Mention: Michigan State University makes security upgrades since shooting, but fears remain
The siren system, new security cameras, classroom door locks and a centralized security operations center are among the systems MSU has upgraded or installed since the shooting unfolded on Feb. 13,...