Dr. Jason Goldstick speaks with NBC News about his 2022 paper which found firearms surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among children and teens following multiple mass...
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Media Mention: Child and adolescent mortality rates are rising nationally, with Michigan following a similar trend
The mortality rate for children and adolescents due to injuries has been rising since 2019, a national study found. The study attributes these deaths to spikes in suicides, homicides, and overdoses...
Media Mention: Surge in U.S., Michigan youth mortality rates prompts worries
Drs. Jason Goldstick and Cynthia Ewell Foster speak with Detroit News about firearm-related injuries being the No. 1 cause of death for children and adolescents in 2021 and firearms being...
Firearm violence has surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for people ages 1 to 19
Dr. Patrick Carter, along with other firearm researchers and the CDC, notes the firearms/firearm injuries has surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death for people ages 1-19
Firearm safety counseling among caregivers of high-school age teens: Results from a National Survey
Seewald, L. A., Myers, M., Zimmerman, M. A., Walton, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., Rupp, L. A., Haasz, M., & Carter, P. M. (2022). Firearm safety counseling among caregivers of high-school age...
U-M researchers share critical findings at 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention
Findings from the pilot study of the Store Safely project were presented on December 1 at the 2022 National Research Conference on Firearm Injury Prevention by Cynthia Ewell Foster, Ph.D., who leads...
National conference convenes leaders in firearm injury prevention research
In an effort to expand the pipeline for, and foster collaboration in, the field of firearm injury prevention research, more than 500 researchers are gathering Nov. 30-Dec. 1 for the 2022 National...
U-M launches comprehensive firearm injury prevention open online course
The University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation launched a new firearm injury prevention online course this month that is free and publicly accessible, offering the most comprehensive,...
Summer 2023 U-M Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Internship: Informational Session on November 14 at 5 PM
The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention is now accepting applications for internship positions in the Summer 2023. The internship is open to upper class undergraduate students and graduate...
Firearms in US homes as a risk factor for unintentional gunshot fatality
Wiebe, D. J. (2003). Firearms in US homes as a risk factor for unintentional gunshot fatality. Accident analysis & prevention, 35(5), 711-716. Abstract This study used national data and a...
Variability in Assaultive, Unintentional, and Self-Gunshot Injury in U.S. States and State Policy Opportunities for Prevention
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Evidence-Based Solutions to Pediatric Firearm Deaths—The Need for Out-of-the-Box Answers
Ranney, M. L., Zeoli, A. M., & Beidas, R. (2020). Evidence-Based Solutions to Pediatric Firearm Deaths—The Need for Out-of-the-Box Answers. JAMA pediatrics, 174(5), 411-412. No Abstract...