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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Public health approach to the prevention of gun violence
David Hemenway and Matthew Miller have a Sounding Board article in the New England Journal of Medicine that describes the public health approach with respect to gun violence. It emphasizes that manufacturers…
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Responding to the Newtown Tragedy
The tragic shooting in Newtown brought unprecedented demand for information about firearms. We have appeared on TV and radio programs around the world (e.g., Brazil, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway,…
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States with stronger firearm laws have fewer gun deaths
Researchers at Boston Children’s hospital and David Hemenway have a study in JAMA-Internal Medicine that finds that states with more firearm laws have lower rates of firearm suicide and firearm homicide. Eric…
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Curbing gun violence: lessons from public health successes
HSPH faculty, including David Hemenway have an opinion piece in JAMA arguing that reductions in tobacco use and in child poisonings, and improvements in motor vehicle safety, provide lessons for firearm firearm…
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Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis
David Hemenway participated in a panel on gun violence at the Harvard School of Public Health on January 8th at 12:30. The event was broadcast webcast live, and available online. More…
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Newtown Tragedy
HICRC researchers have been hard at work sharing what is known about the effects of firearm availability in the US since the terrible tragedy in Newtown on December 14. David…
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HICRC Seminar Series:
Thursday October 25, 2012. 12:30-1:30. Kresge Building (677 Huntington Avenue) Room 502. “Honor-based Violence: Characteristics, Public Health Implications and Prevention” Dr. Karl Roberts, Center for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. …
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New England Injury Conference
For practitioners and researchers. “Perspectives on Enhancing Injury Prevention Research and Practice.” Wednesday October 24, 2012. 8:30-4:30 At the Education Development Center, 43 Foundry Avenue, in Waltham MA. Only $50…
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More on Aurora
David Hemenway spoke with Nicholas Kristof for his article in the New York Times. The NYT also highlighted a HICRC review on homicide. Additional HICRC/Aurora coverage here. Related Topics Last Updated Get the…