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Report: Rising Utah suicide rates propelled by guns
Suicides outnumber homicides in Utah eight to one and the state’s suicide rate has been rising for a decade—with the increase driven by guns, according to a new report from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Half…
Trump administration actions harming U.S. human rights reputation
President Trump’s administration is actively harming U.S. credibility on human rights, according to a November 8, 2018 Brown Political Review article. The article quotes Jacqueline Bhabha, FXB Director of Research and Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at…
How Ohio gun shops are working to prevent suicides
Suicide rates in the U.S. have climbed in the past two decades. In Ohio, which has seen a 36% spike in suicides over that time period, gun sellers are now working to slow the epidemic by participating in…
Suicide prevention fight moving into gun country
A movement to reduce gun-related suicides by spreading prevention techniques among firearm owners and sellers is slowly making its way through states with high rates of gun ownership, according to a September 17, 2018 NBC News article. The…
Chronic pain may be associated with higher suicide risk
Chronic pain may be a risk factor for suicide, according to a new study that found nearly one in 10 people who commit suicide had signs of chronic pain. The study examined data on 123,181 suicide deaths from…
Uncommon Ground
Harvard Chan researchers and Utah gun-rights advocates are forging a rare partnership in the quest to prevent firearm suicides.
No simple way to stop suicides by train
In 2016, 275 people in the U.S. killed themselves by jumping in front of a moving train.
Student and gun lobbyist find common ground on preventing firearm suicides
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health student Morissa Sobelson, DrPH ’19, is working with gun rights advocate Clark Aposhian to prevent firearm suicides in Utah.
Reducing gun suicides in New Hampshire
Although mass shootings like those at high schools in Santa Fe, Texas and Parkland, Florida have dominated the headlines, most gun-related deaths in the U.S. are actually suicides. In New Hampshire, an unlikely team of gun owners and…
Arming teachers a bad idea
In the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., President Donald Trump has proposed that teachers carry concealed weapons in order to defend against would-be school shooters. But an expert at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…