Background Firearm-related injury (FRI) became the leading cause of death among children/adolescents in 2019. Purpose This study sought to determine changes over time in the population of adolescents affected by FRI in Atlanta, Georgia, such that high risk cohorts...
Objective We sought to determine whether state firearm legislation correlated with firearm-related fatality rates (FFR) during a 15-year period. Background The politicized and controversial topic of firearm legislation has been grossly understudied when the...
Background The purpose of this study was to investigate our institution’s experience with pediatric firearm events. We sought to determine the relationship between a community’s level of socioeconomic distress and the incidence of youth gun violence....
Objectives To describe variability in the burden of firearm violence by race, income, and place in an urban context. Methods We used Philadelphia Police Department data from 2013 to 2014 to calculate firearm assault rates within census block groups for both...
Background Recent attention has been paid to the role trauma centers play in responding to mass shootings. Although high-profile public events are the primary focus of media and policy makers, firearm-injured patients (FIPs) present in clusters to urban trauma centers...
