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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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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Extreme risk protection orders and firearm violence: a synthetic control analysis [PDF]
Injury EpidemiologyBackground Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are an evidence-based provision to prevent firearm violence present in 21 states, and Washington D.C. as of 2024.
Hannah Rochford, Vivek Ashok
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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 +2 more
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Epidemiology of fatal and nonfatal community firearm violence in New York City, 2019–2023 [PDF]
Injury EpidemiologyBackground Endemic levels of community firearm violence in United States cities disproportionately burden certain sociodemographic groups. Nonfatal injuries are an understudied aspect of firearm violence.
Loren L Adams +4 more
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Firearm Violence and Health in Policymaker Discourse: Mixed Methods Social Media Analysis [PDF]
JMIR Formative ResearchBackgroundSince 2019, firearm violence has remained the leading cause of death for US children and adolescents aged 1‐19 years. This crisis has spurred action from policymakers, health professionals, and advocates.
Vivek A Ashok +11 more
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Evaluating a Digital Intervention to Reduce Aggression and Pro-Firearm Violence Attitudes Among Young Black Males: Pretest-Posttest Feasibility Study [PDF]
JMIR Pediatrics and ParentingBackgroundPediatric and adolescent firearm injuries and fatalities in the United States have surged to levels not seen since the mid-1990s, marking a critical public health inflection point.
Chuka Emezue +5 more
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Examining associations between street vegetation and child firearm violence at microgeographic locations in 3 US cities: a case-control study [PDF]
BMC PediatricsBackground Firearm violence is a leading cause of death among U.S. children under age 18. Urban vegetation, a vital component of the living environment, has been found to influence firearm violence, yet the relationship between different types of street ...
Zihan Lin +2 more
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Engaging Stakeholders With Professional or Lived Experience to Improve Firearm Violence Lexicon Development [PDF]
JMIR Formative ResearchFraming the public health burden of firearm violence should include people with secondary exposure to firearm violence beyond acute bodily injury, yet such data are limited. Electronic health record clinical notes, when leveraged through natural language
Nicole Cook +7 more
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Identifying Firearm Violence Exposure in Primary Care Clinical Notes: Protocol for Developing a National Language Processing Text Classifier [PDF]
JMIR Research ProtocolsBackgroundStructured data codes capture acute bodily injury from firearm violence but do not necessarily describe follow-up care from bodily injury and secondary exposure to firearm violence (eg, witnessing a shooting, being ...
Natalie Carwright +6 more
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