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City of Camden Homicide and Interpersonal Violence Case Analysis

Objective:This project will contribute to our understanding of the prevalence of firearms in homicides, and specifically, the prevalence of firearms in interpersonal violence that...

Augmenting Suicide Prevention Interventions for Service Members (ASPIS)

Objective:In this grant, a suicide research center located at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center leads a team of researchers on projects examining...

Safety Messaging in the United States Military

Objective:This grant aimed at better understanding how to develop effective visual messaging on safe firearm storage for service members. Working in collaboration with IPSOS,...

Decision-making and Cognitive Processes Among Protective Firearm Owners

Objective:The overall goal of this proposal is to measure objective cognitive performance associated with firearm ownership and acquisition in order to elucidate potential cognitive-affective...

Impact of Online Gun Violence Exposure on Sleep and Suicide Risk...

Objective:This study aims to examine the nature and frequency of SM exposure to gun violence on a daily basis among NJ teens, and to...

Protective Environments: Military Community Engagement to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence (PROtECT: Promoting...

Objective:In this grant, a team of researchers, including the GVRC, is utilizing community-based participatory research methods to adapt Project Safe Guard, a lethal means...

Non-fatal Gun Violence, Functional Disability, and Implications for Racial Health Disparities...

Objective: A consistently documented theme among gunshot victims is the experience of disability. Research in this area portrays a litany of struggles for young...

New Jersey Safe Firearm Storage Map

Objective:This grant facilitated the creation and dissemination of the New Jersey Safe Firearm Storage Map, a free online tool to connect New Jersey firearm...

Impact of Initiating a Hospital Violence Intervention Program on Socioeconomic Outcomes...

Objective:The primary goal of this project is to assess the early impact of HVIP on trauma patients presenting in New Brunswick who have been...

An Experimental Examination of Dangerous Firearm-Related Behaviors

Objective:Most research on gun violence prevention leverages epidemiological data that informs our understanding of gun violence-related phenomena at the population level. These data, however,...