Ella Eisinger, a medical student with Elinore Kaufman, wrote an op-ed in the Inquirer about “the perfect shot” in tennis, as told by her late tennis instructor who was lost to gun violence, and how it relates to the epidemic of gun violence. Read the full...
Gina South, John MacDonald, and colleagues found that structural interventions to remediate abandoned housing in low-income, Black neighborhoods were associated with reductions in nearby weapons violations, gun assaults, and shootings in a randomized controlled...
Desmond Patton led a novel analysis using focus group and social media data to confirm or reject findings from qualitative interviews, conducted to understand how violence impacted low-income residents of color amidst co-occurring health (COVID-19) and social...
A paper led by Joanelle Bailey examines how the incidence of gun violence injury relates to age. The study found those aged 16 years and older experienced the majority of the increase in gunshot wound incidence, suggesting primary prevention efforts should be directed...
Sara Jacoby and colleagues examined the perspectives of people injured by firearms with regards to the news media’s coverage of firearm violence. The study found that survivors of firearm injury perceived harms including dehumanization, reliving trauma, and...
A press release from the Annenberg Public Policy Center details Dan Romer’s research, which disputes the highly publicized findings that suggested a spike in youth suicide coinciding with the release of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, a show that revolves...
Starting in 2022, the NFL introduced the “Inspire Change Changemaker Award” where each club selects an individual making a difference in their community with their social justice work. Ruth Abaya was named the Eagles’ inaugural Changemaker for her...
A paper led by Katie Hoskins demonstrates how their team operationalized equity-oriented recommendations prior to the launch of a firearm safety and suicide prevention implementation trial. “With rising rates of suicide among racially and ethnically minoritized youth,...
Elinore Kaufman was quoted in an Inquirer article about the utility of tourniquets amidst the gun violence epidemic in Philadelphia. A separate, parallel article of the same journal told readers how to fashion and use a tourniquet to save a life. Read the full...
Elinore Kaufman, Terry Richmond, and Katie Hoskins published a review on youth firearm injury, now the leading cause of death for youth in the United States. Geared towards pediatric critical care clinicians, the review discusses risk and protective factors as well as...
