Objective Research has identified the United States (US) as a global outlier in its firearm
ownership rates, with a correspondingly higher risk of youth firearm violence compared to …

Abstract Purpose of Review To examine the impacts of gun violence on early childhood
development including early childhood mental health, cognitive development, and the …

Introduction Childhood exposure to neighborhood firearm violence adversely affects mental
and physical health across the life course. Study objectives were to (1) quantify racial …

Prior research has illustrated the importance of some types of local community crime for
adolescents' outcomes. However, we have little knowledge about the extent to which gun …

Community gun violence persists as a daily reality for many youth in low-income urban
communities. While most gun violence research has focused on the direct victims of firearm …

Limited research has been conducted on the state-level factors that may be associated with
intentional school shootings. We obtained school shooting data from the Washington Post …

Children are not responsible for diseases, natural disasters, political conflicts, and wars; yet,
children generally suffer the most. Although the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child …

Feeling and being safe provides an essential foundation for children to learn and develop in
healthy ways. I will summarize the current research and clinically based understanding …

Intentional shootings in K-12 schools in the US persist as a public health problem. The
number of shootings in K-12 schools has increased precipitously since 2017. And with …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Although less than 2% of all homicides among young people
are school‐associated, since 1970 1373 K‐12 school gun violence incidents have injured …