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Accuracy of the national violent death reporting system in identifying unintentional firearm deaths to children by children
BackgroundIn assigning manner of death (MOD) for inclusion on death certificates, medical examiners and coroners do not always apply uniform...
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Examining media reports of pediatric unintentional firearm injury deaths for prevention messaging concerning secured storage of firearms: U.S., 2021–2022
BackgroundMedia outlets that report on firearm injuries and deaths may provide an important role in emphasizing safe storage practices, particularly...
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Fatal Firearm Violence Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
There is a dearth of population-based studies regarding firearm-related deaths and years of potential life lost among American Indians and Alaska...
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Engaging suicide prevention and firearm stakeholders in develo** a workshop promoting secure firearm storage for suicide prevention
BackgroundIn the US, over 50% of suicide deaths are by firearm injury. Studies have found that limiting access to firearms, including storing them...
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An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018
BackgroundFirearm injuries are the leading cause of mortality among children and adolescents 1–19 years old in the USA. Many prior studies on this...
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Firearm Mortality Among Pre-school Age Children, 2010–2020
Firearms are a substantial cause of death for pre-school children (ages 0–5 years). The purpose of this study was to characterize fatal firearm...
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Firearm Mortality of Non-Hispanic Black Americans by Law Enforcement, 2011–2020
Law enforcement officers in the U.S. are more likely to use lethal force against non-Hispanic Black citizens than on their non-Hispanic White...
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Urban scaling of firearm violence, ownership and accessibility in the United States
The United States is ranked first in gun possession globally and is among the countries suffering the most from firearm violence. Several aspects of...
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Management and outcomes of firearm-related vascular injuries
BackgroundViolence due to firearms is a major global public health issue and vascular injuries from firearms are particularly lethal. The aim of this...
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Linking COVID-19 and Firearm Violence
The impact of the social distancing measures enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly stressed and forever changed businesses, schools,...
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Interpersonal Firearm Injury and Death in Portland, Oregon: 2018 Through 2021
The annual number of firearm injuries in Portland, Oregon has been higher in the years since 2020 than in any prior year in the city’s history. This...
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Synthetic Control Methodology for Examining Firearm Policy
Purpose of ReviewFirearm policies have the potential to alleviate the public health burden of firearm violence, yet it is unclear which policies are...
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Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016–2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases
BackgroundFirearms are a substantial cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality in Canada and globally, though evidence from contexts other than...
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Pediatric Healthcare Providers are the Cornerstone of Firearm Injury Prevention
Firearm violence is the leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the United States, impacting children of all socioeconomic status,...
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Trends in firearm injury in a southern California health care system from 2010 to 2020
BackgroundFirearm injury is a significant public health concern in the United States.
MethodsData on fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries were...
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Medical student advocacy and action: a student-led initiative to prevent firearm violence
Firearm violence continues to substantially increase, yet medical education is largely devoid of firearm injury prevention efforts. We evaluated...
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Interactions at the point of firearm purchase and subsequent use of locking devices
BackgroundFirearms account for over 40,000 deaths in the USA each year in addition to thousands of nonfatal injuries. One notable prevention strategy...
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Firearm ownership and storage among US college students: results from the healthy minds study, 2021–2022
The purpose of this study is to address a significant gap in knowledge on firearm ownership rates and storage characteristics in a national sample of...
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Firearm Detection Using Deep Learning
Surveillance Cameras (SCs) are great support in crime investigation and proximity alarms which play a critical role in public safety and peace. The...
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A joinpoint analysis examining trends in firearm injuries at six us trauma centers from 2016 to 2022
BackgroundThere is an epidemic of firearm injuries in the United States since the mid-2000s. Thus, we sought to examine whether hospitalization from...
