Citation

Williams JR, Burton CW, Anderson JC, Draughon Moret JE. J. Am. Med. Assoc. JAMA 2022; 327(22): 2240-2242.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jama.2022.5635

PMID

35699714

Abstract

Interpersonal violence, the intentional use of physical force or power by one person against another, accounts for 1.1% of disease burden in the US and has been estimated to harm more than 22 million individuals annually. Research on violence and its sequelae is important to improve health. A prior analysis of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding across 46 disease categories found that violence research funding decreased by 40% from 2008 to 2019, the largest decrease in funding dollars ($95 million) by disease category. To better understand this decrease, we examined trends in violence research funding within and across NIH institutes/centers from 2011 to 2020...

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