Embargo will expire:19-Dec-2018 5:00 PM ESTReleased to reporters:14-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST |
Article ID: 705212 Michigan Medicine - University of MichiganEvery day, 20 veterans die by suicide -- and most choose a firearm to do it. A new survey of veterans who receive VA mental health care could guide suicide prevention efforts. Ninety-three percent said they would approve of the VA offering options to address firearm access – such as having health providers ask about veterans’ access to firearms, providing gun locks, or teaching veterans’ family and friends about suicide warning signs and firearm safety. Released:10-Dec-2018 6:05 PM EST |
Article ID: 704415 American Public Health Association (APHA)In this issue, find research on how vacant lot cleanup reduces shootings, opioid and amphetamine births increase, e-cigarette trust and public health sources, vaccine exemption laws and more. Released:26-Nov-2018 4:00 PM ESTChannels: Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Smoking, Vaccines, Guns and Violence, Local - DC, Local - DC Metro Gun Violence, Gun Control, gun violence prevention, Shooting, vacant land, City design, Opioid, Amphetamine, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality, e-cigarette, Vaccine, vaccination exemption |
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Article ID: 704281 Rutgers University-New BrunswickFinding suggests media bias influences the rates at which police engage black men Released:26-Nov-2018 7:05 AM EST |
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Article ID: 704312 Loyola University Health SystemAs a doctor who often treated shooting victims, Mercy Hospital emergency department physician Tamara O'Neal, MD, was greatly concerned about the toll of gun violence. Dr. O'Neal herself became a victim of gun violence on November 19 when she and two others were killed by a gunman at Mercy Hospital. Released:20-Nov-2018 6:05 PM EST |
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Article ID: 704271 University of MichiganQ&A with Rebecca Cunningham, co-leader of FACTS and an emergency physician and associate vice president for research at U-M, discussed the announcement. Released:20-Nov-2018 10:05 AM EST
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Channels: Children's Health, Crime and Forensic Science, Guns and Violence gun safety, doctors, child safety, public health, , gun, Safety, Gun Safety, data, NRA, Adolescent, Research, Statistic |
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Article ID: 704166 University of MichiganThe site, www.childfirearmsafety.org, aims to share what’s known—and what experts still need to find out—about guns and people under age 19. The site offers free access to a trove of data on the issue, as well as training for health care providers and others. Released:16-Nov-2018 4:20 PM EST |
