Strengthening the Role of the NIH in the Firearm Violence Epidemic: A Modest Proposal

Therese S Richmond; Stephen W Hargarten; Frederick P Rivara

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0337

Strengthening the Role of the NIH in the Firearm Violence Epidemic: A Modest Proposal

JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Apr 8. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0337. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Therese S Richmond¹, Stephen W Hargarten², Frederick P Rivara³

Affiliations

¹ School of Nursing, Penn Injury Science Center, and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Department of Emergency Medicine and Comprehensive Injury Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
³ Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program, University of Washington, Seattle.

PMID: 38587861
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0337

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the potential for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the premier research entity in the world, to significantly strengthen its investment in preventing and reducing firearm-related harms.