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UrduAn analysis of neighborhoods historically designated as low-rated for creditworthiness (known as “redlining”) in more than 200 U.S. cities found that these neighborhoods experienced a much higher rate of nonsuicide firearm fatalities between 2014 and 2022.
Tag: firearm injuries
Lifting of federal funding ban tied to increase in gun violence research
The lifting of a two-decade drought in federal funding for firearm injury prevention research was strongly associated with an increase in both clinical trials and publications on gun violence, according to a new report published in JAMA Surgery.
Firearm injuries among children and adolescents lead to huge mental and behavioral health consequences
The study could help to inform strategies to lessen the long-term impact on those affected by the recent gun violence in Lewiston, Maine, as well as other incidents nationwide
Recurrent firearm injury common among firearm injury survivors, especially among young, Black males
A study of more than 10,000 persons with firearm injury found that recurrent injury is common among firearm injury survivors. Survivors experiencing recurrent injury were most often young, male, Black, and uninsured.
Firearm Injuries and the Pandemic: Lower Opportunity Neighborhoods are Disproportionately Affected
In a new study, investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles reveal that children from lower opportunity neighborhoods had a significantly higher rate of firearm-related injury during the pandemic.
Survivors of firearm injury carry long term physical and mental burdens that are poorly understood
A timely research report evaluating firearm injury survivors has found that despite medical advancements that improve survival from firearm injuries, many survivors experience long-term post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and poor physical quality of life. The report is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
New research reveals that most child victims of gun violence are innocent bystanders
A University of Missouri School of Medicine researcher examining the circumstances behind pediatric firearm assaults found that most child shooting victims were shot outdoors for unknown reasons and were likely not intentionally targeted.
UChicago Medicine, Legal Aid Chicago launch bedside program to provide in-hospital legal support for trauma patients injured by violence
The University of Chicago Medicine has launched a novel partnership with Legal Aid Chicago, embedding two full-time lawyers within the health system’s Level 1 trauma center to provide civil legal support to patients who’ve been injured from intentional violence.
Firearm injuries in kids leave lasting mental scars, study finds
Children and teens who survive a firearm injury have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses in the year afterward, even compared with kids who suffered injuries in a motor vehicle crash, a new study shows.
Surgeons endorse advocacy efforts to improve firearm safety and reduce firearm-related injuries
Results from a survey of 54,761 U.S. ACS members, of whom 11,147 responded, have been published as two articles on the website of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS)
New study reveals disturbing surge in violent injuries during stay-at-home orders
The social isolation brought on by stay-at-home orders (SAHO) issued in the early phase of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have a deadly and dangerous side effect: an increase in intentional penetrating injuries, especially firearm violence.
Age restrictions for handguns make little difference in homicides as US deals with ‘de facto availability’ of firearms
In the United States, individual state laws barring 18- to 20-year-olds from buying or possessing a handgun make little difference in the rate of homicides involving a gun by people in that age group, a new University of Washington studyhas found.
Gun owner perceptions about actual firearm dangers suggest opportunities for improving gun safety
People who own guns and those living with gun owners are substantially less worried about the risk of firearm injuries than individuals living in homes without guns, says a new study by violence prevention experts at UC Davis Health.
GUNSHOT INJURIES IN CALIFORNIA DROP, BUT PERCENTAGE OF FIREARM DEATHS GOES UP
Despite a significant drop in gun injuries, California has experienced a substantial increase in the state’s overall death rate among those wounded by firearms.