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January 9, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Shortly after the shooting of 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Ct., a large group of Hollywood stars released a video asking viewers to “demand a plan” on action to be taken to prevent future mass shootings. Since then several videos have po ...
January 3, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Mental health has become a more prominent topic since the recent shooting in Newtown, Conn., that claimed 26 lives, 20 of them children. The Alliance for Health Reform, a non-profit group based in Washington, D.C., that provides information to journ ...
November 5, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Last week at the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting, a number of presenters took on an important, but often overlooked topic in the public health world: violence. Violence is often primarily considered a criminal justice or pub ...
August 15, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In the wake of yet one more high-profile shooting this week, at Texas A&M University, the Associated Press profiled the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, which is calling for a public health approach to red ...
July 20, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Several mental health organizations and government agencies have announced online or telephone resources to help citizens and professionals cope with worry, fear, anxiety and stress in the aftermath of the Colorado shooting at a movie theater early ...
April 24, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Stricter Seat Belt Laws Push Teens to Buckle Up Teen drivers and passengers are more likely to use seat belts in states with "click it or ticket" laws, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. These laws, also known as prim ...
September 29, 2011 | New Public Health Post
NPH: Tell us about the model for CeaseFire. Gary Slutkin: CeaseFire is a disease control approach to reducing shootings and killings. We have reevaluated what is going on in the field of violence, scientifically, and used sciences of behavior and of ...