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Association of State Firearm Laws With Firearm Ownership and Mortality [PDF]
AJPM FocusIntroduction: Firearm injury is a leading cause of death among Americans. Because the right to bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment, policymakers must consider the impact of legislation on both firearm ownership and firearm harms.
Roni Barak Ventura, PhD +3 more
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Firearm exposure and threats among young adults in Texas: Identifying high-risk groups for prevention [PDF]
Preventive Medicine ReportsObjective: Firearm injury is a leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults, yet little is known about firearm access and victimization during this transition.
Jeff R. Temple +2 more
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Permissiveness of firearm laws, pro-gun culture, and suicides by firearm in the U.S., 2000–2016 [PDF]
Public Health in Practice, 2021 Objectives: Stricter firearm policies correlate with lower suicides by firearm in the US. However, much work examines policies in isolation and does not investigate firearm policies as they relate to US pro-gun culture.
Abhery Das, Parvati Singh, Tim Bruckner
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The need for protection: a cross-sectional analysis of direct exposure to firearm violence, attitudes towards firearms for protection, and firearm acquisition in California and Louisiana [PDF]
Injury EpidemiologyBackground Firearm violence is a leading cause of injury and death in the United States. Understanding how exposure to firearm violence shapes attitudes and behaviors related to firearms is critical for informing prevention and intervention strategies ...
Julia M. Fleckman +7 more
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Preferences for Firearm Locking Devices and Device Features Among Participants in a Firearm Safety Event [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019 Introduction: Safe firearm storage is associated with a lower risk of firearm-related injury and death. Although providing firearm locking devices is a key component of firearm safety interventions, little is known about the types and characteristics of ...
Joseph A. Simonetti +5 more
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Injury Epidemiology, 2023 Background Criminal legal system data are one source for measuring some types of firearm-related harms, including those that do not necessarily result in injury or death, but measurement can be hampered by imprecise criminal code statutes.
Julia P. Schleimer +6 more
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Clinical strategies for reducing firearm suicide
Injury Epidemiology, 2021 Suicide is complex, with psychiatric, cultural, and socioeconomic roots. Though mental illnesses like depression contribute to risk for suicide, access to lethal means such as firearms is considered a key risk factor for suicide, and half of suicides in ...
Rocco Pallin, Amy Barnhorst
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PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundFirearm dealer density is correlated with firearm interpersonal violence, but no quasi-experimental studies have assessed whether changes in dealer density lead to changes in firearm self-harm injuries and deaths.
Ellicott C Matthay +5 more
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Experiences of violence in daily life among adults in California: a population-representative survey
Injury Epidemiology, 2022 Background Research on violence exposure emphasizes discrete acute events such as direct and witnessed victimization. Little is known about the broad range of experiences of violence (EVs) in daily life. This study assesses the prevalence and patterns of
Garen J. Wintemute +4 more
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International Review of Psychiatry, 2021 The experience and repercussions of mental illness cannot be fully understood as simple disease processes. A mind, healthy or afflicted, exists within various simultaneous contexts.
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