Lee DB, Simmons M, Sokol RL, Crimmins H, LaRose J, Zimmerman MA, Carter PM. Firearm suicide risk beliefs and prevention: The role of fear of community violence and firearm ownership for protection....
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Firearm ownership and storage among US college students: results from the healthy minds study, 2021-2022
Adams M, Gong C, Heinze JE. Firearm ownership and storage among US college students: results from the healthy minds study, 2021-2022. J Behav Med. 2024 Mar 9. doi: 10.1007/s10865-024-00467-5. Epub...
Reasons for contacting a crisis line and the initiation of emergency dispatches
Britton, P. C., Bohnert, K. M., Denneson, L. M., Ganoczy, D., & Ilgen, M. A. (2024). Reasons for contacting a crisis line and the initiation of emergency dispatches. Preventive medicine, 181,...
Experiencing violence and other predictors of within-person same-day use of multiple substances in youth: a longitudinal study in emergency settings
Lyons, V. H., Myers, M. G., Cunningham, R. M., Zimmerman, M. A., Carter, P. M., Walton, M. A., & Goldstick, J. (2024). Experiencing violence and other predictors of within-person same-day use of...
What parents in Michigan – and everywhere – should know about secure gun storage after the Crumbley convictions
Drs. April Zeoli and Justin Heinze join Dr. Frank E. Vandervort in this editorial, published in The Conversation, that speaks about the evidence base behind safe storage policies and other firearm...
Media Mention: Opinion: Youth gun offenses up 200% in Buncombe; gun violence is public health problem
According to the N.C. Department of Public Safety, firearms are the leading cause of injury-related death of children and young people in North Carolina. Last year, Gov. Roy Cooper announced...
2024 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms
The 2024 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm Related Harms will highlight the current state of science and research on firearm injury prevention across the lifespan. Organized...
Media Mention: Ohio trails only Texas, Florida in unintentional shootings by kids: Can that be changed?
Unintentional shootings like this have played out 205 times across Ohio since 2015, according to data from Everytown For Gun Safety. Despite being the seventh largest state by population, Ohio is...
Media Mention: Stopping the gun violence epidemic
Last year, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a landmark package of bills that included the establishment of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) in Michigan. U-M faculty with diverse research...
Study shows emergency department screening tool can help better identify youth at risk of experiencing firearm violence
Clinicians across the United States may be better able to identify young adults and youth at risk of firearm violence exposure by implementing a new screening questionnaire, according to a study...
Injury Prevention Science and Firearm Injury in Pediatric Health
In an accompanying editorial published in JAMA, Drs. Patrick Carter, Laura Seewald and Marc Zimmerman note the findings from a recent study highlight the critical and urgent need for the U.S. to...
Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center Co-hosts First Youth Learning Exchange in Washington, D.C.
Earlier this week, members of the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center (MI-YVPC) hosted and participated in the first annual Youth Learning Exchange event in Washington, D.C. The Exchange...