Background Firearm injuries' association with individual-level socioeconomic risk is well
described. Trauma research has suggested that neighborhood level risk factors may be …

Background The relationship between individual/socioeconomic characteristics and firearm
injury risk in an urban center was evaluated. Methods A hospital registry was used to identify …

Background Previous work has shown socioenvironmental factors can influence firearm
injury. Milwaukee County, Wisconsin is a diverse midwestern county with historic …

Introduction Gun violence is a pervasive and dynamic public health crisis causing
substantial burden on communities and healthcare systems in the United States. Risk factor …

BACKGROUND: Firearm violence is now endemic to certain US neighborhoods.
Understanding factors that impact a neighborhood's susceptibility to firearm violence is …

BACKGROUND Social vulnerability indices were created to measure resiliency to
environmental disasters based on socioeconomic and population characteristics of discrete …

Introduction Urban firearm violence (UFV) is associated with inequities rooted in structural
racism and socioeconomic disparities. Social vulnerability index (SVI) is a composite …

Importance The burden of firearm violence in US cities continues to rise. The role of access
to trauma center care as a trauma system measure with implications for firearm injury …

Background This study aimed to investigate the relationship between community-level
economic deprivation, as measured by the Distressed Communities Index (DCI) and ED …

Introduction No association regarding classification of social vulnerability and outcomes of
patients with gunshot injury have been described. Our goal was to assess whether the …