Health Behavior and Health Equity

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Prevention Research Center of Michigan tackles vacant lots, built environments to improve health, well-being

Renewed $5 million in CDC funding expands academic-community partnerships in Flint, Michigan

For 26 years, the Prevention Research Center of Michigan has researched ways to create safer, more inviting and accessible neighborhood spaces and improve physical and mental health. Now, with $5 million in renewed funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the center will continue its community-based participatory research projects through at least 2029.

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$998K awarded to U-M researchers to evaluate effectiveness of school-based firearm storage campaign

The study seeks to inform national implementation strategies for secure firearm storage by leveraging community and educational partnerships.

University of Michigan School of Public Health and Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention researchers recently secured a $998,907 grant from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate a community-led, school-based secure firearm storage campaign in high schools across Michigan.