Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Our mission is to reduce the societal burden of injury and violence through surveillance, research, intervention, evaluation, outreach, dissemination, and training.
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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 School of Public Health and Northeastern University.
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States with more guns have higher rates of fatal police shootings
US states with high levels of household gun ownership have higher rates of fatal shootings of civilians by police, even after adjusting for rates of violent crime, poverty, urbanization and…
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4.6 million US children live in homes with a loaded and unlocked firearm
Data from the HICRC 2015 National Firearm Survey show that in 21% of gun owning households with children, at least one gun is stored loaded and unlocked. This is a…
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One third of Veterans store their guns loaded and unlocked
Even though US Veterans are at high risk for firearm suicide, data from the HICRC 2015 National Firearm Survey show that 1 in 3 US Veteran firearm owners store a…
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Why People Die Before They Expect To
David Hemenway and his son Brett, a mathematician at the University of Pennsylvania, published their first article together on the simple fact that your (conditional) life expectancy is always positive…
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About 1 million Americans become new gun owners each year
Using data from the HICRC sponsored National Firearms Survey, we examined differences between new and long-standing gun owners. New owners are younger, own fewer guns, are more likely to own…
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Hemenway wins HSPH Inaugural Community Engagement Award.
David Hemenway received the Harvard Chan Student Association’s inaugural Community Engagement Award which recognizes faculty, researchers or staff who have served as a source of inspiration by demonstrating a commitment…
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Hemenway wins public health leadership award
David Hemenway gave a talk at Brookline Public Library and received the 19th Annual Alan Balsam Public Health Leadership Award from the Friends of Brookline Public Health for his outstanding…
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About 1 million Americans become new gun owners each year
Using data from the HICRC sponsored National Firearms Survey, we examined differences between new and long-standing gun owners. New owners are younger, own fewer guns, are more likely to own…
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HICRC hosts two outstanding injury experts this Spring as Visiting Scientist
Marcelo Justus (dos Santos), a PhD economist from Brazil is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics in the University of Campinas (Unicamp). An expert on statistical analysis, he has written…