Objectives We investigated whether stricter state-level firearm legislation was associated with lower hospital discharge rates for nonfatal firearm injuries. Methods We estimated discharge rates for hospitalized and emergency department–treated nonfatal firearm...
Provider-led firearm storage counseling is a form of firearm suicide prevention intervention. Little research examines whether barriers to healthcare access for at-risk individuals limit this intervention’s impact. This study explores the relationship between...
Statement of Purpose Research on the association between individual measures of structural racism (e.g., residential segregation) and racial disparities in firearm homicide often includes the proportion Black population as a covariate. However, including proportion...
Background Firearm violence is a public health problem that disparately impacts areas of economic and social deprivation. Despite a growing literature on neighborhood characteristics and injury, few studies have examined the association between neighborhood...
Research on spatial injury patterns is limited by a lack of precise injury occurrence location data. Using linked hospital and death records, we examined residence and injury locations for firearm assaults and homicides in or among residents of King County,...
