While over 240,000 American students experienced a school shooting in the last two decades, little is known about the impacts of these events on the mental health of surviving youth. Using large-scale prescription data from 2006 to 2015, we examine the effects of 44...
Firearm violence is a significant public health problem, particularly among youth in the United States. Regardless of the data source or setting, young Black men have consistently been found to be disproportionately affected by firearm injuries and deaths. Public...
Objective To specify the impact of first time gun carrying, by age, on violent behavior and gang membership in urban high risk youth. Methods A prospective longitudinal cohort study was conducted in Mobile, Alabama. This study compares first time gun carrying for...
In the wake of heightened concerns about gun violence and its impacts on youth, “what works” in gun violence prevention remains a critical public health concern. Gun violence prevention in the U.S. is increasingly interdisciplinary, involving both the...
Background and Objective Pediatric firearm injuries increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, but recent trends in firearm injury emergency department (ED) visits are not well described. We aimed to assess how pediatric firearm injury ED visits during...
