[2] Rivara has also researched bicycle helmets, intimate partner violence, and alcohol abuse, among other topics.
[5] His research has covered topics such as alcohol abuse and domestic violence, and he has been a vocal advocate for the use of bicycle helmets to reduce injury.
Rivara says that his work has helped to drastically reduce the number of children who are injured while riding bikes.
[5] Rivara and his colleagues published their research in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1993 in a series of articles on their findings.
Unfortunately, it raised the attention of the National Rifle Association, who then worked with pro-gun members of Congress to essentially stop funding firearm research.”[5] The NRA then lobbied Congress, saying that since guns aren't a disease, CDC funds should not be allocated to them.