Jason E. Goldstick's research while affiliated with University of Michigan and other places

... Person-focused strategies include community violence intervention, an approach in which credible messengers mediate disputes and connect individuals with social services. 35 Place-based strategies, such as greening vacant lots 36 and demolishing abandoned buildings, 37,38 can address the impacts of physical deterioration and disinvestment that have disproportionately affected communities of color. ...

... Notwithstanding the benefits reported of cannabis consumption in our results and others, it is important to keep in mind that drug use is associated with risky sexual behaviours such as unprotected sex and the appearance of sexually transmitted infections [29,30], leading to careless and unsafe sexual encounters [31]. These high-risk attitudes are frequently associated with increased relaxation, euphoria, disinhibition, decreased self-control, and decreased risk perception caused by psychoactive substances, which cause users to be less cautious and to forget the importance of safe sex [32]. ...

... The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain [3] (CDC guideline) was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 2016 and despite some initial controversy [4], was generally praised as a major acheivement, and a needed correction to overly liberal opioid prescribing practices [5,6]. In the ensuing years, access to prescription opioids was reduced due to changes in the behavior of individual prescribers and pharmacies [7][8][9], as well as larger scale policies instituted by thirdparty payers and regulatory authorities [10,11]. Although these changes were often based on the content of the CDC Guideline, there were important inconsistencies. ...

... The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a wide variety of unprecedented challenges, many of which appear to be affecting mental health and consumption patterns in cannabis users [16][17][18][19]. Therefore, it is essential for healthcare providers to use all the resources and therapies available to help users adjust to the problems caused by the pandemic. ...

... Improving access to government data on firearm injuries is critically important for future work. 44 CONCLUSIONS Nationally, children of color, especially Black children, experience greater exposure to neighborhood firearm violence than White children. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated these racial disparities. ...

... Glober et al [24] reported proportional increases in EMS runs for opioid overdoses (43%), EMS-administered naloxone for opioid overdoses (61%), and drug overdose deaths (47%) in Marion County (Indiana) as compared to either of two prepandemic periods. Ballesteros et al [25] reported increases in both EMS-administered naloxone for opioid-related overdoses (28%) and opioid overdose deaths (15%) in Michigan from March 1 to September 2020, as compared with the same period in 2019. To our knowledge, no study has examined changes in multiple naloxone administrations during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

... Of the myriad prehospital challenges confronting emergency medical services (EMS) systems worldwide, out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) remain a global challenge [1][2][3][4][5]. Despite systemic improvements in training, and the upgrading of equipment and skill sets, survival rates remain disappointingly low [1][2][3]. ...

... To prevent firearm violence through a public health approach, it is essential to understand the epidemiology of non-fatal firearm injury victims in order to design prevention efforts by identifying individuals and communities most affected by non-fatal firearm violence. 31 This study highlights three critical avenues to prevent future firearm violence and improve the health of those directly and indirectly impacted by non-fatal firearm injuries. One, our findings clearly demonstrate victimisation rates of non-fatal firearm injuries have shifted during the first 18 months the COVID-19 pandemic with higher rates of female and older victims. ...

... As expected, research shows that the most frequently reported motives differ between substances [4]. While some overlap exists, generally alcohol use is most often motivated by social reasons, cannabis use is most often related to an enhancement motive [10,11] and tobacco use to coping [4]. In recreational methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) users, the most important motive is enhancement [12,13] while coping [14] and expansion [12] are also frequently reported. ...

... Engaging parents and youth in discussing firearm violence should assess both adolescent firearm carriage, as well as risk factors for carriage such as violence exposure. (50) Theoretically, decreasing access should reduce interpersonal firearm violence, but further research is needed to determine whether this is true and which interventions are effective at decreasing intentional injuries by firearm (ie. HCP counseling, hospital-based violence interruption programs or community-based violence interruption programs). ...