Massachusetts’ gun policies could serve as national model
Massachusetts’ comprehensive approach to minimizing gun violence could serve as a model for other states, according to gun policy researchers, law enforcement officials, and experts who are familiar with gun policies around the country. A combination of policies—including…
Finnish study lengthened lives by changing lifestyles
In the early 1970s, the Finnish province of North Karelia had one of the world’s highest death rates from heart disease. Responding to an appeal from the community, local authorities partnered with the World Health Organization to launch…
Working toward a tipping point on guns
David Hemenway, professor of health policy, said that “a big part of [public health’s] past successes has been changing the symbols,” including making smoking and drunk driving less socially acceptable. The same could happen with guns.
New recommendations urge doctors to talk to patients about guns
Doctors should help address gun violence by speaking to their patients about guns in the home and counseling them about gun safety, according to new recommendations from the American College of Physicians.
Fatal police shootings more frequent in U.S. states with high household gun ownership
U.S. states with high levels of household gun ownership have higher rates of fatal shootings of civilians by police than states with lower gun prevalence, according to a new study led by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan…
Flawed CDC gun violence data concerns researchers
Public health researchers are alarmed by an analysis of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data showing that the number of Americans nonfatally injured by a firearm jumped by 37% between 2015 and 2016. Led by…
Alumni return to Boston for 2018 Alumni Weekend
September 24, 2018—Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni returned to the School on September 20–21 to reconnect with former classmates and learn more about current research in public health. During the event, the Alumni Association honored…
Uncommon Ground
Harvard Chan researchers and Utah gun-rights advocates are forging a rare partnership in the quest to prevent firearm suicides.
U.S. gun suicide rate second highest worldwide
More than 250,000 gun-related deaths occurred in 2016, and half of them happened in just six nations: Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and Guatemala,
High caliber firearms more likely to kill
People shot with higher caliber guns are more likely to die than those shot with small caliber weapons, according to a new study. Using data from the Boston Police Department from 2010 through 2014, researchers found that gunshot…