A Review of Community-Based Gun Violence Prevention Programs and the Physician's Role

PJ DeBlieux, LF Alexander… - Advances in …, 2024 - advancesinpediatrics.com
In 2020, firearm-related injury surpassed motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of
death for children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years. While many physician organizations …

Community violence intervention in African American communities: resilience and coping among outreach workers

MA Rhoden-Neita, J Strickland, A Riffer… - Journal of social …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
African American communities are at risk of negative psychological and physical health
problems associated with structural and community violence. Street outreach, a community …

[HTML][HTML] Preventing urban firearm homicides during COVID-19: preliminary results from three cities with the Advance Peace Program

J Corburn, DV Boggan, K Muttaqi, S Vaughn - Journal of urban health, 2022 - Springer
The years 2020–2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic witnessed increases in firearm
violence in many cities across the USA. We present data from Sacramento, Stockton, and …

[HTML][HTML] The art and science of urban gun violence reduction: evidence from the advance peace program in Sacramento, California

J Corburn, Y Nidam, A Fukutome-Lopez - Urban Science, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban gun violence is a critical human health and social justice issue. Strategies to reduce
urban gun violence are increasingly being taken out of the domain of police and into …

Game on, Washington! Examining American sport's response to the Uvalde Massacre

MB Thomas, JL Daniel - Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2022 - jpna.org
On May 24, 2022, a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School
in Uvalde, Texas. In the aftermath, stakeholders within and across sports came together to …

[HTML][HTML] A technology-enhanced intervention for violence and substance use prevention among young Black men: protocol for adaptation and pilot testing

C Emezue, NS Karnik, B Reeder… - JMIR research …, 2023 - researchprotocols.org
Background: Black boys and men from disinvested communities are disproportionately
survivors and perpetrators of youth violence. Those presenting to emergency departments …

The jarring reality: adolescent and pediatric gunshot trauma on the rise in a major urban institution

JE Winter, A Verma, BP Delvadia, OC Lee… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Methods: A retrospective analysis of pediatric GSWs was conducted using the trauma
database at a Level I trauma center in New Orleans, Louisiana. All patients aged 0 to 18 …

Understanding Firearm Purchasing During a Purchasing Surge Among Black Individuals

E Liddell-Quintyn… - Journal of Health …, 2023 - digitalscholarship.unlv.edu
Purpose: During 2020, the US experienced a record-breaking year for firearm purchases,
with major spikes occurring at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and …

Tropical storms and hurricanes in New Orleans lead to increased rates of violent injury

M Ghio, C Ghio, A Campbell, J Fleckman… - Disaster medicine and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objective: The effects of named weather storms on the rates of penetrating trauma is poorly
understood with only case reports of single events currently guiding public health policy …