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Engaging practitioners and academic researchers in co-developing evaluation measures for community violence interventions

Injury Epidemiology
Background Community violence intervention (CVI) is increasingly considered an important component of comprehensive public safety infrastructure, but research and evaluation of CVI programs remain underdeveloped.
Meron Girma, Julia P. Schleimer, Andrew Hillen, Astrid Aveledo, Ayah Mustafa, Deepika Nehra, Dominique Davis, Elaine Gonzalez, Emily Westlake, Esprene Liddell-Quintyn, Kris Torset, Kristian Jones, Laura Johnson, Lina R. Benson, Lynniah Grayson, Orlando Ames, Rachel Ross, Samantha Decker, Taffy Hunter, Tarell Harrison, Tier Simon-Matthews, Vivian Lyons, Zaheed Lynch, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +23 more
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Cohort Study of Downgraded Misdemeanor Convictions and Subsequent Violent Crime: Differences by Defendant Race and Ethnicity

AJPM Focus
Introduction: Criminal convictions may be imperfect markers of criminalized behavior, in part because of criminal legal system processes (e.g., plea bargaining).
Julia P. Schleimer, MPH, Miriam J. Haviland, PhD, MSPH, Amy Gallagher, MPH, Ayah Mustafa, BS, Rachel Ross, MPH, Garen Wintemute, MD, MPH, Deirdre Bowen, JD, PhD, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, MD, PhD, MPH   +7 more
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Would restricting firearm purchases due to alcohol- and drug-related misdemeanor offenses reduce firearm homicide and suicide? An agent-based simulation

Injury Epidemiology, 2022
Background Substance-related interactions with the criminal justice system are a potential touchpoint to identify people at risk for firearm violence. We used an agent-based model to simulate the change in firearm violence after disqualifying people from
Magdalena Cerdá, Ava D. Hamilton, Melissa Tracy, Charles Branas, David Fink, Katherine M. Keyes   +5 more
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Firearm assaults against US law enforcement officers in the line-of-duty: Associations with firearm ownership and state firearm laws

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Law enforcement officers are disproportionately affected by occupational injury. Firearm violence is the second leading cause of occupational mortality for this group behind motor vehicle crashes.
Ariana N. Gobaud, Christina A. Mehranbod, Paul M. Reeping, Brady R. Bushover, Christopher N. Morrison   +4 more
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Firearm locking device preferences among firearm owners in the USA: a systematic review

Injury Epidemiology, 2023
Background Preventing firearm-involved injuries is a critical public health priority. Firearm locking devices can prevent firearm injuries, such as suicide and unintentional shootings, as well as theft.
Jessica Buck-Atkinson, Megan McCarthy, Ian H. Stanley, Ben Harnke, Michael D. Anestis, Craig. J. Bryan, Justin C. Baker, Marian E. Betz   +7 more
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Early Results of an Initiative to Assess Exposure to Firearm Violence in Ambulatory Care: Descriptive Analysis of Electronic Health Record Data

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Background Current research on firearm violence is largely limited to patients who received care in emergency departments or inpatient acute care settings or who died.
Nicole Cook, Megan Hoopes, Frances M Biel, Natalie Cartwright, Michelle Gordon, Marion Sills   +5 more
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Firearms and violence in Europe-A systematic review.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundHigher availability of firearms has been connected to higher rates of interpersonal violence in previous studies. Yet, those studies have focused mainly on the United States, or used aggregated international data to study firearm violence ...
Katharina Krüsselmann, Pauline Aarten, Marieke Liem   +2 more
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A social problem analysis of the 1993 Brady Act and the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Frontiers in Public Health
In June 2022, the U.S. federal government passed its first major firearm policy since the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA). Summative content analysis was used to explore how the social problem of
Devon Ziminski, Devon Ziminski
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Association between community violence exposure and teen parental firearm ownership: data from a nationally representative study

Injury Epidemiology
Background Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death for U.S. adolescents. Given the prevalence of firearm ownership in the U.S., particularly among parental figures in homes with children and teens, and the relationship between firearm access and ...
Karissa R. Pelletier, Jesenia M. Pizarro, Regina Royan, Rebeccah Sokol, Rebecca M. Cunningham, Marc A. Zimmerman, Patrick M. Carter   +6 more
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Self-Harm and Interpersonal Violence-Related Injuries: Retrospective Analysis of the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Data

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Violence-related injuries (VRI) such as interpersonal violence, intimate-partner violence, and self-harm injuries present a significant public health challenge in the United States.
Ayman El-Menyar, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Rafael Consunji, Sandro Rizoli, Tarik S Abulkhair, Ruben Peralta, Rifat Latifi, Hassan Al-Thani   +7 more
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