June 15, 2009
Bulletins on Self Defense vs. Criminal Gun Use released
We are pleased to announce the third edition of Bulletins, our newsletter summarizing key topics within firearms research. This issue compares estimates of self defense gun use and criminal gun use.
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March 5, 2009
David Hemenway's While We Were Sleeping now in print
David Hemenway's new book While We Were Sleeping:Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention, published by the University of California Press, is now available for order. This book draws from more than sixty success stories from the injury and violence prevention fields to chronicle the lives of those who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make the world a safer place. Read more here.
June 8, 2009
Dr. Bob Sege in New York Times Article on Bullying
Dr. Bob Sege was featured in a New York Times article on the pediatrician's role in the prevention of bullying. Read article here.
May 14, 2009
David Hemenway on Arizona Public Radio
David Hemenway was interviewed by Arizona Public Radio regarding firearm deaths in Arizona. Click here to listen.
May 12, 2009
USA Today Article Features Matthew Miller
On May 12, 2009 USA Today
published an article "Accused killer's father: The Army 'broke him'"
about the recent shooting at a Baghdad military base by a solider
killing five fellow service members. HICRC's Associate Directior
Matthew Miller was asked to comment for this article. Read it here.
May 4, 2009
Integrated Trauma Care in the Dominican Republic & Grant Award Announcement
David Hemenway and Matthew Miller lead an afternoon session on injury prevention theory and practice, via video-conferencing, for the inaugural course in Integrated Trauma Care for the Dominican Republic, organized by Dr. Alejandro Baez, MD, of the BWH. Hemenway and Miller provided a summary of translational research at HICRC and the crucial role of injury surveillance systems in improving the scientific basis for successful interventions. Professor Hemenway provided concrete examples of the role of translational research and surveillance, drawing examples from his critically acclaimed new book, While We Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury Prevention.
HICRC recently received a two-year grant from the US Army to study the relationship between antidepressant use and the risk of self-harm and unintentional injury among younger veterans.
March 10, 2009
Dissertation Article Published in the American Journal of
Public Health
Immigrant men exposed to political violence in their home
countries are more likely to perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV)-both
physical and sexual. This study of young
Boston men, largely from the Caribbean
and Cape Verde
is the first to document the association between pre-migration political
violence exposure and IPV perpetration.
The lead author was a former doctoral student at HSPH; her studies were
supported in part by the HYVPC and the CDC.
Gupta J, Acevedo-Garcia D, Hemenway D, Decker MR, Raj A, Silverman JG. Premigration exposure to political violence and perpetration of intimate partner violence among immigrant men in Boston. American Journal of Public Health. 2009; 99:462-69.
Please click here for the article.
December 17, 2008
Suicide Prevention Among Cancer Patients
Dr. Miller is interviewed in a discussion piece on suicide prevention among cancer patients in the current issue (Vol 100, Issue 24) of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
October 19, 2008
Concealed Gun Law in Spotlight in NC
An article in the Citizen-Times (Asheville, NC) examines NC's CCW law and mentions HICRC's 2006 Road Rage article.
October 18, 2008
Gun Smuggling out of Boston
David Hemenway was quoted in a Boston Globe article about guns being smuggled out of the country.
October 2, 2008
Bulletins on CCW laws released
We are pleased to announce the latest edition of Bulletins, our newsletter summarizing key topics within firearms research. This issue discusses Carrying Concealed Weapons (CCW) laws and evidence surrounding their efficacy.
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September 24, 2008
New article on Children and Gun Violence
David Hemenway's article on "Protecting Children from Gun Violence" appears in the First Focus book: Big Ideas for Children: Investing in our Nation's Future, 2008. Hemenway's paper describes the Swedish society-wide success in reducing child injury, and suggests comparable roles that could be played by physicians, reporters, clergy, foundation, Hollywood writers, and others in the United States to help reduce gun violence here. The article (and book) are downloadable from the following link.
September 4, 2008
New NEJM article
The current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine features a Perspective piece by Matt Miller and David Hemenway, titled "Guns and Suicide in the United States". The article discusses how physicians and other health professionals can broaden their treatment of such patients to address not only their mental illness but also the patients’ access to guns and other lethal means-- an approach could dramatically reduce suicide fatalities.
View the HSPH press release.
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