Background The relationship between individual/socioeconomic characteristics and firearm injury risk in an urban center was evaluated. Methods A hospital registry was used to identify individuals in Baltimore City who experienced interpersonal firearm injury in...
Violent crime such as homicide causes significant excess morbidity and mortality in US urban areas. A health impact assessment (HIA) identified zoning policy related to alcohol outlets as one way to decrease violent crime. The objectives were to determine the...
Chicago’s CeaseFire program is an evidence-based public health approach to preventing gun violence. Baltimore is one of many US cities attempting to replicate the program. We compared changes in the number of homicide and nonfatal shooting incidents per month in four...
