Published in Journal of psychiatric research
Firearm sales have surged during COVID-19, raising concerns about a coming wave of suicide deaths. Little is known, however, about the individuals considering acquiring firearms during the pandemic. Recent research has highlighted that individuals considering acquiring firearms may be motivated by exaggerated threat expectancies. In a sample of 3,5...
Published in Sleep health
To investigate the role of diverse forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) and firearms in the context of IPV in sleep disturbances. A cross-sectional survey of domestic violence victims. Six domestic violence shelters (both urban and rural) in the state of Texas. Two hundred fifteen women recruited from domestic violence shelters. Seven items per...
Published in The Journal of surgical research
United States state-level firearm legislation is linked to rates of firearm-related suicides, pediatric injuries, nonfatal injuries, hospital discharges, and mortality. Our objective was to evaluate the burden of firearm-related injuries requiring surgery for states with strict as opposed to nonstrict firearm legislation. The 2014 Healthcare Cost a...
Published in Population Health Metrics
BackgroundBrazil leads the world in number of firearm deaths and ranks sixth by country in rate of firearm deaths per 100,000 people. This study aims to analyze trends in and burden of mortality by firearms, according to age and sex, for Brazil, and the association between these deaths and indicators of possession and carrying of weapons using data...
Published in Journal of Family Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a pressing public health issue. Nationally, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men have sustained severe physical violence from an intimate partner. Intimate partner homicides (IPH) are the most serious IPV outcome. This study examined documented IPH in Los Angeles County during 2017, analyzing if precipitating circums...
Published in Journal of pediatric surgery
Musculoskeletal pediatric firearm injuries are a clinically significant and expensive public health problem in the United States. In this retrospective cohort analysis, we sought to characterize musculoskeletal firearm injuries in children and to describe the financial burden associated with these injuries. This study is a single center, retrospect...
Published in The American journal of psychiatry
Published in Forensic science international. Genetics
Cartridge cases are often the sole items left behind after a shooting incident and DNA traces from these can identify persons connected to the shooting. However, the chance of retrieving usable DNA profiles from cartridge cases is limited, due to the low amounts of deposited DNA and subsequent DNA loss associated with the firing process. In the cur...
Published in SSM - population health
Access to firearms and perceived unsafe school environments are associated with negative adolescent health outcomes. Whether widespread acceptance of firearms alters these associations, however, is unknown. To address this literature gap, we examined whether peer acceptance of firearms moderates associations between personal firearm access and heal...
Published in Injury Epidemiology
BackgroundPrevious studies have linked weather to crime and aggression but have not considered the causal structure of the variables included in the model(s).MethodsThis cross-sectional study used data from 2012 to 2016 to measure the association between weather and the number of shootings in Chicago. The number of shootings per day was obtained vi...
