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Efforts to beautify vacant lots in the city of Flint have made neighborhoods more appealing but have also reduced assaults and violent crime by 40 percent, according to a new study led by Justin Heinze, assistant professor of Health Behavior and Health Education.
In May, Zimmerman and Carter presented “Kids and Guns: Prevention Strategies,” a community conversation in Dexter, Michigan, to help local residents understand the risks associated with youth exposure to firearms and strategies for mitigating those risks.
In May, Zimmerman and Carter presented “Kids and Guns: Prevention Strategies,” a community conversation in Dexter, Michigan, to help local residents understand the risks associated with youth exposure to firearms and strategies for mitigating those risks.
In May, researchers Marc Zimmerman and Patrick Carter presented “Kids and Guns: Prevention Strategies,” a community conversation in Dexter, Michigan, to help local residents understand the risks associated with youth exposure to firearms and strategies for mitigating those risks.
Since May 2018, more than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border. A new report, compiled by Alison Miller, associate professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, and colleagues, includes comments from a range of experts who have reviewed research evidence on the science of early child development, stress and trauma, and policy implications of family separation and reunions for very young children.
Minal Patel, the John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, has been selected for the National Academy of Medicine's Emerging Leaders in Health & Medicine Program.