Related Topics
Stop the suppression of gun research
The U.S. has more gun deaths per capita than any of the world’s two dozen highest-income countries. Yet the government, at the behest of the gun lobby, limits the collection of data on gun-related deaths, prevents researchers from…
Federal funding needed for gun violence research
David Hemenway, professor of health policy at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, discussed the need for federal funding for gun violence research in the May…
Same-sex marriage laws linked with fewer teen suicide attempts
Young Americans living in states where same-sex marriage was legalized were significantly less likely to attempt suicide than those living in states without such laws, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…
Gun owner groups, health professionals team up to prevent suicides
January 3, 2017 – At first blush, it may seem unusual that gun shop owners, firearm instructors, and gun rights stakeholders have been joining forces with health professionals to prevent gun-related suicides. But there’s a fledgling movement among…
Fewer guns in U.S. could mean far fewer suicides
Limiting access to guns could cut the rising suicide rate in the U.S. by over a third, according to recent analysis in the Washington Post. In 2014, nearly 43,000 Americans killed themselves, and half did so with guns,…
Church attendance may lower suicide risk in women
Women who attend religious services at least once a week may have a lower risk of suicide than those who never attend services, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
Gun violence is a public health issue
As the gun control debate reignited following the mass shooting at a nightclub in Florida, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public expert David Hemenway spoke to several news outlets about the state of firearms research. He said that…
Suicides at gun ranges have prompted rules changes
Commenting in the wake of a double suicide at a Massachusetts gun range, Cathy Barber, a researcher with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Injury Control Research Center, told the Boston Globe that such events are traumatizing…
Global burden of mental illness underestimated
The disability and mortality that results from mental illness around the world is underestimated by more than a third, according to researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and King’s College London. In an article in…
U.S. firearm death rate ten times higher than other high-income countries
When compared with people living in 22 other high-income nations, Americans are ten times more likely to be killed by a gun, according to a new study by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and…