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People who experienced violence as children at home and in their community are at higher risk for violence with their partners later in life, new research shows.
Dean Bowman sent the following letter to the University of Michigan School of Public Health community last Friday to address the public health crisis of racism in communities across the nation.
For the past half-decade, Detroit’s government and community groups have worked to tear down abandoned houses and buildings in the city’s most blight-stricken neighborhoods. A new University of Michigan and Harvard University study shows an 11% drop in homicides and serious injuries caused by firearms in the areas where more than a few demolitions took place
Review of 33 years’ worth of medical studies reveals key areas for new research to explore.
States with the strictest gun laws had about 40% fewer firearm-related deaths among children compared with states with the most lax laws, according to the study, published Monday in journal Pediatrics.
As interest grows in addressing pediatric firearm injuries — the second-leading cause of death for young people, researchers list the most urgent priorities for study.