Author: Alexandra de Leon

Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) aims to increase bicycle safety among residents of King County. To that end, the PHSKC Violence & Injury Prevention Unit, with funding from the King County Council,…

  HIPRC Core Faculty, Staff, and Trainees are excited to attend this year’s Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) conference happening Monday, April 15th through Wednesday, April 17th in Chapel Hill, North…

Gender-affirming health care improves the wellbeing of transgender (trans) individuals. But today, many trans patients frequently report discriminatory and harmful experiences in health care settings. In a new study published in JAMA Network | Open,…

Originally Shared to UW Medicine Newsroom Researchers are finding that older adults with knee arthritis pain can and will participate from their homes in online exercise classes. Providing such classes online can remove some barriers…

Originally shared to the Washington State Secretary of State’s website >>   OLYMPIA — For the first time in nine years, Washington’s Medals of Merit and Valor were awarded at a ceremony in the state…

The Internet opens the world up for kids, and that means they can sometimes experience parts of the world we don’t want them to see. One can proactively set boundaries and expectations for healthy online…

Applications for the 2024 HIPRC Dr. Frederick P. Rivara Endowment are now OPEN! The University of Washington Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center Dr. Frederick P. Rivara Endowment is designed to provide resources to graduate…

FREE King County Car Seat Events are happening locally throughout 2024 for parents, parents-to-be and caregivers. Whether this is your first time installing a car seat in preparation for the arrival of a new baby…

The HIPRC held its third annual “Outreach Learning Series: Engaging High School Students in Injury & Violence Prevention Careers.” Supported by the HIPRC Outreach Core, the event hosted about forty 11th-12th grade students and teachers…

Researchers at the HIPRC have received funding from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) to examine electric scooter (e-Scooter) related injuries in Washington state and estimate the potential impact of e-Scooter share programs on injuries….

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