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Coronavirus / Injury / Prevention


Pandemic elevates concerns about violence, harm at home
by

Louise Dettman

on

May 12, 2020

Preventing intimate partner violence, child maltreatment during COVID-19.
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Injury


Gun violence research hurt by shortage of funding, data: CDC work impeded
by

Kim Krisberg

on

June 13, 2018

On an average day in the U.S., gun violence ends the lives of nearly 100 people. Yet across the country, only about 30 researchers are dedicated full time to studying the public health crisis.
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Injury / Voices / The Nation's Health


Why ending police violence is a public health issue: A Q&A with APHA’s Georges Benjamin
by

Julia Haskins

on

January 08, 2018

APHA's Georges Benjamin, MD, discusses police violence and why it's a public health issue in an interview with The Nation's Health.
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Injury / Prevention / Annual Meeting


How can we reduce gun violence? Less politics, more working together
by

Dan Greenberg

on

November 01, 2016

An Annual Meeting session highlighted evidence that solutions hinge on two overarching factors: data and compromise.
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All Things APHA / Injury / Prevention


APHA's gun violence fact sheet outlines problems, solutions to epidemic
by

Dan Greenberg

on

June 03, 2016

New fact sheet defines the burden of gun violence in our nation and outlines strategies to prevent gun violence

All Things APHA / Injury


APHA, safety advocates applaud Obama’s executive actions to prevent gun violence
by

Dan Greenberg

on

January 06, 2016

President Obama announced a series of executive actions aimed at reducing the toll of firearm-related injury and death

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