Background To prevent intimate partner homicide (IPH), some states have adopted laws restricting firearm possession by intimate partner violence (IPV) offenders. “Possession” laws prohibit the possession of firearms by these offenders. “Relinquishment” laws prohibit...
Objective The objective of this study was to determine whether patients’ families’ violence-prevention behaviors would be affected by their primary care practitioner’s use of a violence-prevention clinical intervention during the routine well-child...
Developing practical, effective, and legally sustainable policies to separate firearms from people at risk of violence or suicide represents a potentially important, but challenging public health opportunity for gun violence prevention in the United States. In 1999,...
Context The main threats to adolescents’ health are the risk behaviors they choose. How their social context shapes their behaviors is poorly understood. Objective To identify risk and protective factors at the family, school, and individual levels as they...
Background Senate Bill 1108 (SB-1108) allows adult citizens to carry concealed weapons without a permit and without completion of a training course. It is unclear whether the law creates a “deterrent factor” to criminals or whether it escalates gun-related...
