C.S. Mott Children's Hospital polled parents about their concerns with kids using ride sharing methods as a mode of transportation, and advises how to teach their teens to recognize when they feel uncomfortable and how to say no to a ride. April 15, 2019. #5-15mins #Medicine #web-article #CSMottsChildrensHospital #Society #Safety
Nursing Elizabeth Professor Christopher R. Friese, Ph.D., R.N. conducted a study that sought to improve the safety practice of nurses when handling chemotherapy. March 20, 2019. #5-15mins #Nursing #web-article #SchoolofNursing #HealthandWellness #Cancer #Safety #Workplace #ChristopherrFriese
School of Public Health Professors Rebecca Cunningham, Justin E. Heinze, and Marc Zimmerman discuss ways to mitigate the thousands of unnecessary firearm-related injuries and deaths inflicted upon children in this podcast episode. August 6, 2019. #15-30-mins #PublicHealth #podcast #SchoolofPublicHealth #HealthandWellness #Society #GunControl #HealthBehaviorandHealthEducation #Safety #YouthandAdolescents #RebeccaCunningham #JustinEHeinze #MarcZimmerman...
School of Public Health Professor Marc Zimmerman notes the alarmingly high rates of death and injury of children due to gun violence and how if safety regulations can be made for cars, they can certainly be made for guns. July 29, 2019. # #PublicHealth #video #SchoolofPublicHealth #HealthandWellness #GovernmentandPolitics #GunControl #YouthandAdolescents #Safety #MarcZimmerman
Ford School of Public Policy Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali recommends a transparent, diverse committee of national leaders and non-partisan professionals to fight domestic terrorism. August 16, 2019. #5mins #PublicPolicy #web-article #FordSchoolofPublicPolicy #Government/Politics #Security #Safety #Service #SocialCampaigns
U-M Transportation Research Institute assistant research scientist Monica Jones explains the work being done to mitigate motion sickness in driverless vehicles, so passengers can efficiently use the time spent in the car, not driving. August 20, 2019. # #universityofmichigan-other #web-article #scienceandtechnology #HealthandWellness #AutonomousVehicles #Transportation #HealthBehaviorandHealthEducation #Safety #MonicaJones
U-M Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Professor Justin Kasper speaks with Re: Engineering Radio about the protective measures that must be taken to ensure our power grid is not negatively impacted by a solar storm. July 1, 2019. #30-60mins #Engineering #podcast #CollegeofEngineering #scienceandtechnology #SpaceScience #ClimateSciences #Energy #Safety #justinkasper
U-M Institute for Social Research Michael Esposito and colleagues find that African American men are 2.5 times more likely to die from police force than white men. American Indian/Alaska Native men and women are also at increased risk for police violence. August 5, 2019. # #universityofmichigan-other #web-article #MichiganNews #Government/Politics #Society #RaceandEthnicity #Diversity,Equity,andInclusion #Safety #GunControl #MichaelEsposito
School of Public Health Professor Marc A. Zimmerman and Emergency Medicine Professors Patrick Carter and Rebecca Cunningham discuss the uptick in firearm-related deaths in children and teens; now the second leading cause of death behind car accidents. August 6, 2019. #5-15mins #web-article #TheConversation #Health/Wellness #Society #GunControl #YouthandAdolescents #Safety #PublicHealth #MarcAZimmerman #PatrickCarter #RebeccaCunningham
U-M associate professor at the School of Information Lionel Robert finds pedestrians are significantly more leery of autonomous vehicles at pedestrian crosswalks without signals than those with them. April 11, 2018. # #Information #web-article #SchoolofInformation #Technology #Society #AutonomousVehicles #Transportation #Safety