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One in three individuals who committed homicide with a firearm had been heavily drinking when they murdered their victims, according to our new report on alcohol use as a risk factor for gun violence. Learn more from the full report: publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/new-repor…

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"This REIA instrument creates a space and a structured opportunity for those long-overdue conversations to occur,” says the Consortium's @jeffswansonduke. Check out the full report: efsgv.org/racialequity/

"A public health approach has three important parts. The first is that it's based on science. The second is it's focused on prevention. And the third is that it's collaborative by nature." Wise words from Dr. Mark Rosenberg on @npratc. Check it out: npr.org/2022/02/05/107…

5 Key Challenges and Solutions around firearms and gender-based violence in the U.S. Read More from @amprog: americanprogress.org/article/guns-a…

"As many as two out of every three Californians have been exposed indirectly to gun violence in the course of their normal daily activities..." Read more about the latest work from @ucdavis Firearm Violence Research Center. thecrimereport.org/2022/01/10/gun…

"Gunshot-related spinal cord injuries have serious social and economic consequences in adulthood well beyond physical disability...” New study in @JSpinalCordMed: labblog.uofmhealth.org/body-work/educ…

.@EFSGV released their analysis of @CDCgov research on gun violence in 2020, which reveals a sharp rise in gun deaths and massive racial disparities among the victims. Read more: efsgv.org/press/efsgv-an…

“Every city suffering from high rates of violent crime should have a permanent unit dedicated to violence reduction operating inside the mayor’s office, with its leadership reporting directly to the mayor.“ Read the latest from @CouncilonCJ's #VCWG here: counciloncj.org/meeting-bullet…

"Talking about firearm injury prevention, suicide and community violence can be difficult, and the language we use matters in how messages are received..." An important study from @EmmyBetz and colleagues: coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/research-and-p…

Good news from Pennsylvania as @GovernorTomWolf announces a $15 million investment in grassroots violence intervention programs across the commonwealth. abc27.com/news/pennsylva…

"Emergency physician risk of occupational mortality: A scoping review" by Craig Goolsby of @USUhealthsci & @NCDMPH, with Vidya Lala, Riley Gebner, Nicole Dacuyan-Faucher, Nathan Charlton and Keke Schuler in @JACEPOpen doi.org/10.1002/emp2.1…

"Gun homicide research: What we know and where we need to go" by @shanib44 of @JohnsHopkinsSPH/ @JHU_GVP and @AprilZeoli of @msu_scj in @HomicideStudies doi.org/10.1177/108876…

📆 December 10 @ 12p ET: the @JoyceFdn 's Lunch & Learn series presents new research from the Violence Prevention Research Program at @UCDavisHealth led by @Julia_Schleimer eventbrite.com/e/research-on-…

"Stolen Firearms in Missouri Are Linked to the Repeal of Its Permit-to-Purchase Law" by Eugenio Weigend Vargas of @amprog: americanprogress.org/article/stolen…

Grant opportunity: Under the W.E.B. DuBois Program, the @OJPNIJ seeks applications for funding investigator-initiated research examining how observed racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system might be reduced through public policy interventions. nij.ojp.gov/funding/current

📆 December 6–7: @amprog's 7th Annual Gun Violence Prevention Conference rsvp.americanprogress.org/page/35575/eve…

"Mass murder in America: Trends, characteristics, explanations, and policy response" by Jack Levin of @Northeastern @NUCSSH in @HomicideStudies doi.org/10.1177/108876…

"Restrictive state-level firearm policies are associated with less movement of firearms to other states, but with more movement of firearms from outside states. The effectiveness of state-level firearm-restricting laws is complicated by a network of interstate firearm movement."