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Newswise: Study Links School Redistricting to Higher Rates of Firearm Violence in Urban Communities
18-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Study Links School Redistricting to Higher Rates of Firearm Violence in Urban Communities
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Adjustments in school boundaries and other forms of school redistricting have been linked to spikes in shooting-related injuries in urban areas, according to new study results being presented at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2023.

   
Released: 19-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
How Argonne is working with banks around the world to prevent weapons proliferation
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory is training financial professionals to identify and avoid relationships with sanctioned or other high-risk entities that deal in advanced conventional weapons.

Released: 19-Oct-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Expert Briefing: The Supreme Court and United States v. Rahimi: the Risk of Armed Domestic Abusers
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions will host a webinar briefing on Wednesday, October 25 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET to discuss United States v. Rahimi, an upcoming Supreme Court case that has significant implications for public health, protections for survivors of domestic abuse, and gun safety laws across the country.

Released: 16-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Firearm Exposure Associated With Poorer Health in Communities Around the U.S.
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Gun violence is tied to poverty, unemployment, broken families, disengaged youth and racial segregation, according to a study by the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers.

Released: 16-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Experts available to discuss many facets of Israel-Hamas conflict
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech has several experts available to speak on various topics surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. Israeli politics and foreign policy Joel Peters is a professor of government and international affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech located in the Washington, D.C., metro area. His research interests and publications cover Israeli politics and foreign policy, the Arab-Israeli peace process, regional cooperation in the Middle East and Europe’s relations in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

Released: 13-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Organized Neurosurgery’s Statement on the Events in the Middle East
American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons Washington Office

The following statement is issued on behalf of the American Academy of Neurological Surgery, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Board of Neurological Surgery, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and Society of Neurological Surgeons on behalf of our neurosurgical colleagues and the global society we are privileged to serve.

Released: 6-Oct-2023 9:30 AM EDT
States Vary in Firearm Ownership – as Well as the Storage and Carrying Habits of Owners
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers researchers find firearm owning communities in five states are diverse, with risky behaviors more common in some than others

Newswise: Researchers blow whistle on forensic science method
Released: 2-Oct-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Researchers blow whistle on forensic science method
Iowa State University

If forensic experts have access to a suspect’s gun, they can compare the microscopic markings from discarded shell casings with those found at a crime scene. Finding and reporting a mismatch can help free the innocent, just as a match can incriminate the guilty. But new research reveals mismatches are more likely than matches to be reported as “inconclusive” in cartridge-case comparisons.

Released: 20-Sep-2023 1:30 PM EDT
Study finds firearm injuries increased in gentrified neighborhoods
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Gentrification can have a ripple effect on communities. While it can improve certain conditions in typically low-income areas, rising housing costs can displace residents, causing social disruption and other downstream effects.

Released: 20-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Safer Neighborhoods May Mitigate Risk of Child Abuse
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Improving the built environment and expanding housing services in low-incoming communities are protective factors against child abuse, Rutgers study finds.

Released: 18-Sep-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Firearm Violence Exposure in Black and American Indian/Alaska Native Communities Linked to Poorer Health
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Indirect and direct exposure to firearm violence is harmful to mental and physical health, according to a Rutgers study

Newswise: Study Finds Spiritual Coping Behaviors May Be Key To Enhanced Trauma Recovery of Black Men Who Survive Firearm Injury
Released: 14-Sep-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Study Finds Spiritual Coping Behaviors May Be Key To Enhanced Trauma Recovery of Black Men Who Survive Firearm Injury
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

High rates of firearm injury among urban Black men in the U.S. can lead to long physical and psychological recovery times, worsened by limited access to mental health services.

Released: 14-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
High rate of mental health problems & political extremism found in those who bought firearms during COVID pandemic
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

People who bought firearms during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have much higher rates of recent suicidal thoughts, self-harm behaviors, and intimate partner violence, a new study suggests, compared with other firearm owners and people who do not own firearms.



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