Violence prevention receives less than 1% of NIH funding
For all America’s talk about the importance of preventing violence, the nation does not value this work nearly enough.
Gun violence prevention advocate Jamal Johnson stages a demonstration on Monday, June 6, 2022, at the intersection of Third and South Streets, in Philadelphia. He was calling attention to the hundreds of other shootings that have plagued the city this year and asking city leaders to take action, near the scene of a recent shooting. For all America’s talk about the importance of preventing violence, going by our research budgets, the nation does not value this work nearly enough, according to researchers.Read moreTom Gralish / MCT
by Jocelyn C. Anderson and Abigail Hatcher, For The Inquirer
