Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable Solution

Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable Solution

December 2015 saw another Congressional budget standoff and threatened government shutdown. This omnibus bill was particularly important for public health, because – for the first time in years – it contained language that would have reversed a 19-year-old prohibition on Centers for Disease Control...

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Main Authors: Marian E. Betz, MD, MPH, Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, Garen J. Wintemute, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-01-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
gun research
gun law
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3n15r8kk
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spelling doaj-dc383293982b43b58f7e91747f610dff2020-11-24T22:33:41ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-900X1936-90182016-01-01171919310.5811/westjem.2016.1.29767Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable SolutionMarian E. Betz, MD, MPH0Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH1Garen J. Wintemute, MD, MPH2University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver, ColoradoRhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Providence, Rhode IslandUniversity of California, Davis, Violence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine; Sacramento, CaliforniaDecember 2015 saw another Congressional budget standoff and threatened government shutdown. This omnibus bill was particularly important for public health, because – for the first time in years – it contained language that would have reversed a 19-year-old prohibition on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding for research on firearm injury. Unfortunately, 2016’s final Omnibus Appropriations bill did not reverse this prohibition. And so another year begins with the United States – and the world – debating how to solve the problem of firearm violence in this country, without the benefit of objective public health research.http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3n15r8kkgun researchgun law
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author Marian E. Betz, MD, MPH
Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH
Garen J. Wintemute, MD, MPH
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Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH
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Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable Solution
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
gun research
gun law
author_facet Marian E. Betz, MD, MPH
Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH
Garen J. Wintemute, MD, MPH
author_sort Marian E. Betz, MD, MPH
title Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable Solution
title_short Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable Solution
title_full Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable Solution
title_fullStr Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable Solution
title_full_unstemmed Frozen Funding on Firearm Research: “Doing Nothing is No Longer an Acceptable Solution
title_sort frozen funding on firearm research: “doing nothing is no longer an acceptable solution
publisher eScholarship Publishing, University of California
series Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
issn 1936-900X
1936-9018
publishDate 2016-01-01
description December 2015 saw another Congressional budget standoff and threatened government shutdown. This omnibus bill was particularly important for public health, because – for the first time in years – it contained language that would have reversed a 19-year-old prohibition on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding for research on firearm injury. Unfortunately, 2016’s final Omnibus Appropriations bill did not reverse this prohibition. And so another year begins with the United States – and the world – debating how to solve the problem of firearm violence in this country, without the benefit of objective public health research.
topic gun research
gun law
url http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3n15r8kk
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