Race is a social construct, commonly used in epidemiologic research to adjust for
confounding. However, adjustment of race may mask racial disparities thereby perpetuating …

The adverse impacts of community firearm violence in the US are unequally felt across
geographic and various sociodemographic segments of our population. Researchers …

Importance Adolescent handgun carrying is associated with increased risk of firearm-related
violence. Most evidence on adolescent handgun carrying is from urban areas, but these …

Rationale While empirical interest in understanding the mental health consequences
surrounding gun violence has increased, currently there is much unknown about the long …

Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death and a driver of racial disparities in life
expectancy in the United States. Community-based interventions are the foremost policy …

Precarious firearm conduct among inexperienced gun possessors has the potential to
intensify firearm-related fatalities and injuries. The current study involves face-to-face …

While discerning the gun safety measures that can reduce the problem of American gun
violence is methodologically challenging, a growing body of evidence has strengthened the …

Objectives Youth firearm carriage significantly contributes to firearm-related injuries and
deaths in the United States (US). This study examined the sex-specific patterns and …

Incarceration-based approaches to illegal gun possession have not proven effective at
reducing gun violence, and they have created dramatic racial disparities. Within this context …

Gun violence is a substantial threat to global public health and safety. Each year, about
250,000 people in the world die from injuries inflicted with firearms, excluding those …