Safe firearm storage toolkit developed by the University of Michigan now available online
A digital toolkit designed to support adherence to Michigan’s newly enacted safe firearm storage law is now available through the University of Michigan.
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Maternal suicide: Study provides insights into complicating factors surrounding perinatal deaths
Pregnant and postpartum people who died by suicide more likely to experience intimate partner problems, depression, substance abuse, health problems
Suicide is a leading cause of death during pregnancy and in the months after delivery in the United States, but many of these deaths may be preventable, say University of Michigan researchers.
SCOTUS to decide if domestic abusers can own guns
Commentary from Michigan Public Health researcher and professor April Zeoli
The University of Michigan's April Zeoli, one of the nation's leading researchers on firearms and domestic violence, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's impending decision on United States v. Rahimi, a ruling that will either nullify or preserve laws that allow courts to grant restraining orders that prevent domestic abusers from possessing a firearm.
University of Michigan study engages parents in protecting young children from unintentional shootings
Q&A with Alison Miller
University of Michigan researchers are working on a new study seeking to engage firearm-owning parents of young children in a community-based project to assess perceptions of firearm injury risk and safe firearm storage.
Firearm violence prevention researchers discuss state's new firearm laws in Lansing
Michigan Public Health researchers visited Lansing, Mich. to discuss the state’s newly enacted firearm laws as part of an event hosted by the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
Public health takes on gun violence crisis
‘The Exchange’ brings together experts to discuss solutions to national epidemic
Preventing gun violence is a democracy project. That’s the message Brandon Wolf delivered during the “Public Health Approaches to Ending Gun Violence” seminar. It was the second event of The Exchange: Critical Conversations with Michigan Public Health, an academic seminar series launched in fall 2023.