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SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2023 Media reports on interpersonal firearm violence largely present it as a crime issue focused on individual shooting events. This episodic framing can undermine support for public health solutions to firearm violence.
Jessica H. Beard +5 more
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Firearm Violence: Silent Victims [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2018 Gun violence has become a topic we cannot escape. School shootings, mass shootings, and 1-on-1 firearm violence are widely reported. Commentaries on the public health crisis of firearm violence headline medical journals. However, beyond the sheer volume of senseless deaths, the agonizing ripple effects of exposure to gun violence on young witnesses and
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Medical Education Online, 2021 Background Firearm violence is a unique public health crisis in the USA (US). A majority of U.S. physicians believe they should discuss firearm safety with patients.
Natalie Kucirek +3 more
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Rural youth’s exposure to firearm violence and their attitudes regarding firearm safety measures
Injury Epidemiology, 2021 Background In the wake of an epidemic in firearm-related deaths and injuries, youth have become leading voices of concern. This study’s objective was to investigate rural youth’s personal experiences with firearm-related violence, and their attitudes ...
Charles A. Jennissen +8 more
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Preventive Medicine ReportsObjective: This study investigates the association between replacement thinking, status threat perceptions, and the endorsement of political violence among non-Hispanic white adults in the United States. It explores how perceived threats to social status
Paul M. Reeping +5 more
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Injury Epidemiology, 2023 Background Living near an incident of firearm violence can negatively impact youth, regardless of whether the violence is experienced firsthand. Inequities in household and neighborhood resources may affect the prevalence and consequences of exposure ...
Amanda J. Aubel +4 more
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Alcohol Use and Firearm Violence [PDF]
Epidemiologic Reviews, 2016 Although the misuse of firearms is necessary to the occurrence of firearm violence, there are other contributing factors beyond simply firearms themselves that might also be modified to prevent firearm violence. Alcohol is one such key modifiable factor. To explore this, we undertook a 40-year (1975-2014) systematic literature review with meta-analysis.
Charles C, Branas +2 more
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COVID-19-related violence trend data challenges & a resource for injury researchers
Injury Epidemiology, 2021 Published works have raised concerns that certain violent behaviors and firearm acquisition have encountered dramatic increases since the onset of COVID-19.
Hannah I. Rochford +3 more
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Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2020 Background: Firearm-related injury is a crisis that afflicts vulnerable populations of all ages, ethnicities, races and gender. The purpose of this white paper is to delineate the impact of firearm-related violence on the health and well-being of ...
Omar Danner +6 more
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Firearm Violence in Wilmington
Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2018 Firearm related assault injuries disproportionately affect young men of color related to a variety of social & ecological vulnerabilities. Delaware, and particularly the city of Wilmington, has experienced a disproportionately high number of these injuries, and this article follows the public health approach in defining the scope of the problem ...
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