The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) and the Prevention Institute will host a webinar on Wednesday, September 29 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The webinar is entitled, “Preventing Trauma and Suicide during Catastrophic Events and Beyond: Strategies for Preventing Suicide in California.” The webinar will feature presenters…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) will hold a webinar entitled, “Suicide in California – Data Trends in 2020, COVID Impact, and Prevention Strategies.” The webinar will be held on Wednesday, July 28 from 1:00 pm to 2:30pm. The webinar will cover data and more detailed information at how self-harm is experienced differently by…
Read More »The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) and the Prevention Institute recently issued a reported entitled, “Community Safety Realized: Public Health Pathways to Preventing Violence.” The report is designed to support health departments and other organizations in work to prevent and address violence in communities. According to BCHC and the Prevention Institute, risk factors for violence,…
Read More »This week, the Biden-Harris Administration outlined a series of actions to address the country’s “gun violence public health epidemic.” Following numerous high-profile mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia, the Biden-Harris Administration called on Congress to pass legislation to reduce gun violence. In the meantime, however, the Administration announced it is taking a set of actions…
Read More »This week the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) announced the release of the California Violence Intervention & Prevention (CalVIP) request for proposals to support local jurisdictions and community-based organizations in evidence-based violence reduction initiatives. A total of $27.5 million is available for three-year grants for specified local jurisdictions and community-based organizations that have…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI) will hold a Community of Practice webinar on Thursday, September 19 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm on “Homicide Prevention – Part I: Using Data to Drive Violence Prevention Program Planning.” The webinar will feature available data sources on homicide rates and mechanisms as…
Read More »This week, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) published proceedings and an infographic on its recent workshop, “Health Interventions to Prevent Firearm Injuries and Death.” NASEM indicates that firearm injuries and death remain a serious public health concern throughout the U.S., burdening individuals, communities, and health care systems. The materials examine possible…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently published “Preventing Violence in California Data Brief 1: Overview of Homicide and Suicide Deaths in California” which presents information on violent deaths in the state through a broad overview of the prevalence and burden of homicides and suicides. The resource was developed to inform and support continuing…
Read More »This week, the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Well Being Trust (WBT) released results of a new analysis of mortality data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), finding that more than 150,000 Americans died from alcohol- and drug-induced causes and suicides in 2017. This amount is more than twice…
Read More »This month’s Vital Signs report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that suicide rates have been increasing in nearly every state between 1999 and 2016. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. and is one of three leading causes that are on the rise. In 2016…
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