Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2023 In our societal focus on gun mortality, we lose sight of the long-term effects of these injuries, including the cost and treatment burden that victims and their families incur and, in fact, the nation at large.
Anthony Nnaemeka Eze
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Associations between media gun violence exposure (GVE) and mental health: a national cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Gun violence represents a major public health concern not only due to direct exposure but also because of its widespread presence in local news and social media. Despite this ubiquity, less is known about how media-based exposure to real-world
Devon Ziminski +3 more
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Political affiliation moderates the link between gun violence exposure and firearm behaviors via perceptions of utility, safety, and threat [PDF]
Injury EpidemiologyBackground Gun violence exposure (GVE) is associated with a range of cognitive and behavioral outcomes. However, few studies have assessed how different forms of GVE relate to perceptions of safety, threat sensitivity, and views about the utility of ...
Sultan Altikriti +2 more
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Evaluating advance peace in Fresno, California: An interrupted times series analysis of a community-based gun violence intervention. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundGun violence is a critical public health issue, contributing to the disproportionate burden of health inequities among racially and economically marginalized populations.
Xing Gao +4 more
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Prevalence of Gun Carrying and Gun Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Youth and Young Adults [PDF]
AJPM FocusIntroduction: Guns were one of the leading causes of death in children and youth aged 0–24 years in the U.S. over the last decade, with large variations by sex, race, region, and income.
Bruce G. Taylor, PhD +4 more
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Lived experiences of people impacted by gun violence: qualitative analysis of the prescriptions for repair project [PDF]
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care OpenBackground Restorative justice interventions can help address the harm created by gun violence, although few restorative justice programs focus solely on survivors or loved ones of victims of gun violence.
Henry E Rice +12 more
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Gun Violence: A Biopsychosocial Disease
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 Gun violence is a complex biopsychosocial disease and as such, requires a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and treatment. Framing gun violence as a disease places it firmly within medical and public health practice.
Stephen W. Hargarten +5 more
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Analyzing the stability of gun violence patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syracuse, New York [PDF]
International Journal of Health GeographicsGun violence is a leading cause of death in the United States. Understanding the geospatial patterns of gun violence and how the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected them is essential for developing evidence-based prevention strategies.
Peng Gao +4 more
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Community member perspectives on gun violence intervention in the southeast USA: a mixed-methods, cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMJ Public HealthIntroduction South Carolina ranks ninth in the USA for its firearm death rates and black non-Hispanic residents are most impacted. The purpose of this research was to learn more from community members in the Charleston, South Carolina Tri-County area ...
Yu Lu +6 more
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The mental health consequences of interpersonal gun violence: A systematic review
SSM Mental HealthBackground: Gun violence is a global public health concern that has significant implications for mental health. This systematic review aims to synthesize the existing literature on the mental health consequences of interpersonal gun violence.
Mohammed Abba-Aji +2 more
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