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Characteristics and patterns of older adult homicides in the United States

Injury Epidemiology, 2021
Background Nearly 1800 homicides were reported in 2018 among individuals aged 60 years or older in the US. The characteristics and circumstances of these homicides are understudied.
Riffat Ara Shawon, Avanti Adhia, Christopher DeCou, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +3 more
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Life experiences associated with change in perpetration of domestic violence

Injury Epidemiology, 2020
Background This study assessed whether several adult life experiences, including loss of support, loss of food security, loss of housing, and substance use cessation, are associated with change in domestic violence (DV) perpetration from early to later ...
Avanti Adhia, Vivian H. Lyons, Hannah Cohen-Cline, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +3 more
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Firearm suicide decedents in the Republic of Ireland, 1980–2005 [PDF]

, 2010
Objectives To compare the sociodemographic characteristics of firearms suicide decedents and other suicide decedents in the Republic of Ireland between 1980 and 2005.
Kola, Susanna, S. Kola, K. Sarma, Sarma, K.   +3 more
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Racial and ethnic differences in the effects of state firearm laws: a systematic review subgroup analysis

Injury Epidemiology, 2023
Background Despite growing evidence about how state-level firearm regulations affect overall rates of injury and death, little is known about whether potential harms or benefits of firearm laws are evenly distributed across demographic subgroups. In this
Rosanna Smart, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Pierrce Holmes, Terry L. Schell, Andrew R. Morral   +4 more
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Associations between state intimate partner violence-related firearm policies and injuries among women and men who experience intimate partner violence

Injury Epidemiology, 2021
Background Comprehensive state firearm policies related to intimate partner violence (IPV) may have a significant public health impact on non-lethal IPV-related injuries.
Tiara C. Willie, Trace Kershaw, Rachel Perler, Amy Caplon, Marina Katague, Tami P. Sullivan   +5 more
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Self-Protection versus Fear of Stricter Firearm Regulations: Examining the Drivers of Firearm Acquisitions in the Aftermath of a Mass Shooting

Patterns, 2020
Summary: Discovering causal mechanisms underlying firearm acquisition can provide critical insight into firearm-related violence in the United States. Here, we established an information-theoretic framework to address the long-disputed dichotomy between ...
Maurizio Porfiri, Roni Barak-Ventura, Manuel Ruiz Marín   +2 more
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The Effect of Concealed Carry Policy on Firearm Injury

, 2021
We use hospital data to fully describe the extent of firearm related morbidity and mortality resulting from changes to concealed carry laws in the past two decades. We specifically assess whether hospital data can be used to measure firearm injury (aim 1)
Susan Parker
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The origins of California’s gun violence restraining order law: a case study using Kingdon’s multiple streams framework

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Firearm violence is a major public health problem in the United States, yet most states lack a mechanism to temporarily remove firearms from individuals who are at high and imminent risk of harming themselves or others and are not otherwise ...
Elizabeth A. Tomsich, Veronica A. Pear, Julia P. Schleimer, Garen J. Wintemute   +3 more
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Alcohol policies, firearm policies, and suicide in the United States: a lagged cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Alcohol and firearms are commonly involved in suicide in the United States. State alcohol and firearm policies may impact alcohol and firearm related suicide, yet little is known about these relationships.
Sharon M. Coleman, Marlene C. Lira, Jason Blanchette, Timothy C. Heeren, Timothy S. Naimi   +4 more
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Examining the policy effects of Arizona’s 2016 pre-emption law on firearm suicide rates in the greater Tucson area: an observational study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective In 2016, Arizona enacted SB 1487 to nullify Tucson’s ordinance permitting the municipality to destroy confiscated and forfeited firearms and instead require the firearms to be resold to the public through an auctioneer.
Evan V Goldstein, Laura C Prater
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