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Newswise: Physical Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia Costs $90 Million Annually 
Released: 17-Jun-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Physical Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia Costs $90 Million Annually 
Washington University in St. Louis

The single-year health burden associated with physical intimate partner violence in the South American country of Colombia was $90.6 million, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Released: 14-Jun-2022 8:05 AM EDT
American Thoracic Society Urges Swift Adoption of Gun Laws, Lays Out Recommendations for More
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

After people took to the streets across the U.S. this past weekend to protest the recent rash of mass shootings, there was good news out of Washington, DC: news of an agreement in the Senate spelled progress on gun regulation. Speaking on behalf of the American Thoracic Society, ATS President Gregory Downey, MD, ATSF, issued the following statement today.

   
Released: 13-Jun-2022 1:05 PM EDT
ASU-Based Program That Trains Students to Help Domestic Violence Survivors Expands Nationwide
Arizona State University (ASU)

The grant, totaling just over $1 million, will expand funding for the program at ASU and establish Survivor Link at 13 additional campuses in Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Released: 9-Jun-2022 2:00 PM EDT
Research reveals veterans often favor more restrictive gun control legislation than civilians
University of Kansas

Opinion remains divided regarding how guns should factor into American society, especially those weapons designed for military warfare.

Released: 7-Jun-2022 4:05 PM EDT
California’s ‘red flag’ law utilized for 58 threatened mass shootings
UC Davis Health (Defunct)

A new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program shows that California’s “red flag” law was utilized for 58 threatened mass shootings during the first three years after it was implemented. The majority of GVROs (96.5%) were filed by law enforcement officers to prevent threatened violence.

Released: 2-Jun-2022 3:15 PM EDT
How a Public Health Approach Could Reduce Gun Violence
Tufts University

Michael Siegel, visiting professor of public health and community medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, who has spent decades researching firearm violence, outlines what a public health approach to prevent gun violence in the U.S. would entail.

   
Released: 2-Jun-2022 3:05 PM EDT
American College of Surgeons calls for urgent, bipartisan action to address the firearm violence public health crisis
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Today, leaders from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) called for bipartisan solutions to reduce the rising numbers of deaths and serious injuries that are arriving in trauma centers on a daily basis due to firearm violence.

Released: 2-Jun-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Gun Violence Research Center Hosts a Twitter Space Discussion on How to Change the Way We Respond to Mass Shootings
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Gun Violence Research Center Hosts a Twitter Space Discussion on How to Change the Way We Respond to Mass Shootings

Released: 2-Jun-2022 12:05 PM EDT
As Gun Deaths Surge, Researchers Focus on Experiences of Community Violence Interventionists
University at Albany, State University of New York

Landmark study reveals extreme levels of exposure to violence, risk of being shot for street outreach workers.

Newswise: The Medical Minute: Talking to your child about school shootings
Released: 2-Jun-2022 9:50 AM EDT
The Medical Minute: Talking to your child about school shootings
Penn State Health

How do you speak to your child about the unspeakable ― another shooting at a U.S. school? A Penn State Health Children’s Hospital psychiatrist offers six steps in this week’s Medical Minute.

1-Jun-2022 1:10 PM EDT
NEWS CONFERENCE – Accelerating Our Response to America’s Firearm Public Health Crisis
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

During this news conference, leaders from the American College of Surgeons and its Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) will provide an overview of important steps that can be taken to accelerate an effective response to America’s firearm injury and death crisis.

Newswise: Human Trafficking Myths Exploded: Women Offend Too, and It’s Happening in Our Own Back Yard
Released: 31-May-2022 7:05 PM EDT
Human Trafficking Myths Exploded: Women Offend Too, and It’s Happening in Our Own Back Yard
University of South Australia

A new study has exploded four common myths around human trafficking in Australia, debunking the perception that offenders are exclusively male, foreigners, unknown to their victims and use physical force to control them.

26-May-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Firearms Are Leading Cause of Death Among U.S. Youth
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Firearms are now the leading cause of death for children and adolescents 0-19 years of age, with a staggering 83 percent increase in youth firearm fatalities over the past decade, according to a commentary published in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. Nearly two-thirds of youth firearm deaths were from homicides. Strikingly, Black youth had an unprecedented 40 percent increase in firearm fatalities between 2019 to 2020.

Released: 26-May-2022 1:15 PM EDT
Experts from DePaul University to discuss mass shootings
DePaul University

As the nation continues to grapple with this tragedy, experts from DePaul are available to offer insights and commentary on the trauma experienced by children, ways to prevent future shootings, and more.

Released: 26-May-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Guidance for Talking To Children Following the Elementary School Shooting in Texas
Georgetown University Medical Center

The news out of Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old man gunned down 19 innocent children and two adults and left several critically injured at an elementary school, has left many parents and caregivers wondering how to talk to their children about their safety.

Released: 26-May-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Statement by AERA President Rich Milner and Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the School Massacre in Texas
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

The American Educational Research Association extends its condolences and grieves with those who suffered loss from the senseless murders of children and teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Newswise: Spatial distribution of anti-Asian hate tweets during COVID-19
Released: 24-May-2022 5:50 PM EDT
Spatial distribution of anti-Asian hate tweets during COVID-19
University of Utah

Anti-Asian hate language surged between January and March of 2020 with clusters of hateful tweets spread across the contiguous U.S. that varied in size, strength distribution and location. This is the first step towards helping officials predict where online racism may spill over to the streets as a public health threat.

Newswise: Acoustic Sensors Pinpoint Shooters in Urban Setting #ASA182
11-May-2022 11:45 AM EDT
Acoustic Sensors Pinpoint Shooters in Urban Setting #ASA182
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

As part of the 182nd ASA Meeting, Luisa Still, of Sensor Data and Information Fusion, will discuss the important factors in determining shooter localization accuracy. In an urban setting, buildings or other obstacles can reflect, refract, and absorb sound waves, which can severely impact said accuracy. Preemptively predicting this is crucial for mission planning in urban environments. Still and her team used geometric considerations to model acoustic sensor measurements. This modeling, combined with information on sensor characteristics, the sensor-to-shooter geometry, and the urban environment, allowed them to calculate a prediction of localization accuracy.

18-May-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Denial of structural racism linked to anti-Black prejudice
American Psychological Association (APA)

People who deny the existence of structural racism are more likely to exhibit anti-Black prejudice and less likely to show racial empathy or openness to diversity, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Released: 20-May-2022 11:40 AM EDT
Gun ownership and homicide in the U.S.: a stronger correlation
Universite de Montreal

In 2017, there were nearly 40,000 gun-related deaths in the United States, including homicides and suicides.

Newswise: Fear, Social Context (Not Mental Illness) Fuel Violent Extremist Views
Released: 20-May-2022 11:15 AM EDT
Fear, Social Context (Not Mental Illness) Fuel Violent Extremist Views
DePaul University

Christine Reyna is director of the Social and Intergroup Perception Lab at DePaul University, where researchers examine how individuals and groups legitimize and leverage prejudice and discrimination to maintain status, cultural values and systems that benefit one's own groups — often at the expense of others.

Released: 17-May-2022 9:45 AM EDT
Statement by AERA President Rich Milner and AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine on the Racist Murders in Buffalo
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

The American Education Research Association grieves for all those who lost their lives to, and with all those who suffer from, the racist violence in the assault in Buffalo.

Released: 16-May-2022 2:35 PM EDT
Muscle-building linked to weapon carrying and physical fighting
University of Toronto

Gun violence and school violence have been on the rise since the pandemic, as have eating disorders and body image issues among adolescents — which includes an emphasis on muscularity as today’s body ideal for many boys.

   
Released: 16-May-2022 1:35 PM EDT
The Gun Violence Research Center Research Day
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

The Rutgers Gun Violence Research Center – one of few state-funded centers in the nation – hosts its first research day with presentations focused on gun violence and trauma in the Black community, suicide risk, purchasing, non-fatal gun violence, and interpersonal violence in the LBGTQ community.

   
Released: 11-May-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Study Finds Link Between Dropping Permit Requirement for Carrying Concealed Weapons and Increase in Officer-Involved Shootings with Civilian Victims
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The study examined the impact of changes to state laws for civilians carrying concealed firearms and, using statistical modeling, estimated what would have happened if the laws had not changed.

Newswise:Video Embedded mental-health-assessments-often-fail-to-identify-suicidal-ideation-with-gun-owners
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11-May-2022 9:15 AM EDT
Mental Health Assessments Often Fail to Identify Suicidal Ideation with Gun Owners
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

More people are willing to talk about their mental health struggles, including thoughts of suicide. Now, a new study by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine aims to ensure medical professionals are asking the right questions to prevent a tragedy.

Released: 3-May-2022 2:45 PM EDT
US regions with lax gun control laws bear brunt of firearm injury costs
BMJ

US regions with lax gun control laws are bearing the brunt of firearm injury costs, with tax- funded dollars providing almost half of the total, finds research published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Health Project HEAL Receives $500,000 Grant to Target Community Violence
Released: 29-Apr-2022 3:30 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health Project HEAL Receives $500,000 Grant to Target Community Violence
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health is proud to announce that Project HEAL, a hospital-based violence intervention program based at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, received a $500,000 grant to expand services in the successful multi-disciplined program to address community, domestic, and gang-related violence.

Newswise: Loyola Medicine Opens Clinic at MacNeal Hospital to 
Provide Forensic Evaluations for Asylum Seekers
Released: 29-Apr-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Loyola Medicine Opens Clinic at MacNeal Hospital to Provide Forensic Evaluations for Asylum Seekers
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine recently opened the Loyola Medicine Asylum Clinic at MacNeal Hospital. Founded by Yessenia Castro-Caballero, MD, FAAP, and Amy Blair, MD, FAAFP, the clinic provides evidence-based medical examinations for asylum seekers.

Newswise: Educate to Indoctrinate: Education Systems Were First Designed to Suppress Dissent
Released: 28-Apr-2022 7:05 PM EDT
Educate to Indoctrinate: Education Systems Were First Designed to Suppress Dissent
University of California San Diego

Public primary schools were created by states to reinforce obedience among the masses and maintain social order, rather than serve as a tool for upward social mobility, suggests a study from the University of California San Diego.

Newswise: Terrorism – A Threat for Urban Dwellers Be in the Know, Be on the Lookout for a Safe Society
Released: 28-Apr-2022 8:55 AM EDT
Terrorism – A Threat for Urban Dwellers Be in the Know, Be on the Lookout for a Safe Society
Chulalongkorn University

Chula Political Science Lecturer alerts our society on the dangers of “urban terrorism” and the need to build a knowledge base for crisis management should an incident occur while also proposing that the government should invest in national security.

Released: 28-Apr-2022 8:05 AM EDT
New Report Highlights U.S. 2020 Gun-Related Deaths: Highest Number Ever Recorded By CDC, Gun Homicides Increase By More Than One-Third
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention firearm fatality data for 2020—a year that saw the highest number of gun-related deaths ever recorded by the CDC and a sharp increase in gun homicides.

Released: 27-Apr-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Almost 90% of autistic women report experiencing sexual violence, often on multiple occasions
Frontiers

As many as nine out of 10 autistic women in France report have suffered sexual violence, shows a new study in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.

   
Released: 27-Apr-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Young Mothers with Children by Multiple Partners More Likely to Experience Abuse, Rutgers Study Finds
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Younger mothers with children by multiple fathers are more likely to experience psychological or physical harassment, economic abuse and sexual violence than younger mothers who have children with only one partner, a new Rutgers study finds.



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