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BMSG's issue series

The California Violence Prevention Initiative: Advancing policy to ban Saturday Night Specials

Wednesday, December 01, 1999

The California Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI) was conceived in 1993 as a policy advocacy effort to reduce violence among youth. The VPI included an emphasis on shifting societys definition of violence to include a public health perspective, reducing access to alcohol and other drugs, and limiting availability of handguns. Prior to the VPI, there were no local SNS bans. Now, there are bans in 41 California jurisdictions.

Gun policy in seven midwestern states: A brief analysis [pdf]

Thursday, October 14, 1999

This report explores gun laws in seven states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. These states, whose laws vary from unusually restrictive to remarkably permissive, present a host of challenges and opportunities for gun violence prevention advocates.

Issue 7: Child care coverage in U.S. newspapers

Saturday, May 01, 1999

The lines of debate on child care are drawn between the personal responsibility of parents to provide for their own families and the role of the government or other institutions in helping meet this vital need. In Issue 7, we analyze this tension in five years of child care news and opinion.

Constructing violence as a public health problem

Sunday, November 01, 1998

Once viewed primarily as a criminal justice problem, violence and its prevention are now often claimed by public health professionals as being within their purview. After reviewing 282 articles published in public health and medical journals from 1985 through 1995 that discussed violence as a public health problem, the author found a tension between public health professionals’ vision of the social precursors of violence and their attempts to apply a traditional set of remedies.

Issue 6: Youth radio: Broadcasting violence prevention

Saturday, August 01, 1998

Youth Radio is dedicated to bringing the voices of youth to young and adult audiences. This is a story of young people using radio to create their own representations as a mechanism for violence prevention.

The roles of speakers in local television news stories on youth and violence

Wednesday, July 01, 1998

Violence is a perplexing and multi-dimensional problem, about which the public remains largely misinformed. TV news is important to violence prevention because it heightens awareness of the issue and because it is the most consumed news source. This article examines whose voice is represented in local TV news stories about youth and violence.

Issue 5: Newspaper frames of childhood lead poisoning

Friday, May 01, 1998

The leading environmental threat to children’s health is lead poisoning. This Issue assesses the claims made by various sides of the issue during 1993 and 1994 in the nation’s major newspapers.

Alcohol in the news: The role for researchers

Wednesday, April 01, 1998

Alcohol is infrequently mentioned in the news. The occasional portrayals rarely depict problems or prevention, instead reinforcing the idea that alcohol is part of the good life or, at best, neutral. Substantive alcohol stories that do appear often report on research or advocacy. Researchers could, and should, have a stronger presence in the news.

Issue 4: Children’s health in the news

Sunday, March 01, 1998

In the late 1990’s, children’s health began to receive more attention in the news media. But was the coverage meaningful? In this Issue, we find out by examining three months of coverage from newspapers and National Public Radio.

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