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Historic redlining, structural racism, and firearm violence: A structural equation modeling approach
The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2021 Background: Firearm homicides disproportionately affect Black communities. Redlining – discriminatory lending practices of the early 20th century - are associated with current increased rates of firearm violence. Poverty and concentrated disadvantage are
Michael Poulson, MD MPH +4 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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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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Guns, violence, politics: the gyre widens
Injury Epidemiology, 2021 Inter-related sustained upward trends in firearm purchasing, violence, and political extremism are converging to put the USA at risk for disaster and threaten our future as a democracy.
Garen J. Wintemute
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Violence is defined as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological ...
Shani A.L. Buggs +2 more
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Injury Epidemiology, 2021 Background Firearm violence is a significant public health problem in the United States. A surge in firearm purchasing following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic may have contributed to an increase in firearm violence.
Julia P. Schleimer +8 more
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Daycare shooting in Thailand: Time to address firearm violence as a global health issue
Public Health Challenges, 2023 On 6 October 2022, a daycare shooting incident happened in Thailand. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Southeast Asian (SEA) countries and one of the many incidents contributing to the global epidemic of firearm‐related preventable violence.
Yasmine Syifa Nabila Budi +4 more
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Urban Science, 2022 This study investigates the aftermath of a high-profile violent police incident as it relates to city-wide firearm violence. Utilizing two Midwest cities (Kansas City, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska) as comparison cities, we assess whether violent firearm ...
Hunter M. Boehme +2 more
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Firearm violence: a neglected “Global Health” issue
Globalization and Health, 2021 Populations around the world are facing an increasing burden of firearm violence on mortality and disability. While firearm violence affects every country globally, the burden is significantly higher in many low- and middle-income countries.
Meghan Werbick +3 more
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Measuring gun violence in police data sources: transitioning to NIBRS
Injury Epidemiology, 2022 Background The majority of gun violence in the United States does not result in physical injury and therefore cannot be completely measured using hospital data.
Susan T. Parker
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