A scoping review of patterns, motives, and risk and protective factors for adolescent firearm carriage

SN Oliphant, CA Mouch, A Rowhani-Rahbar… - Journal of behavioral …, 2019 - Springer
Firearm carriage is a key risk factor for interpersonal firearm violence, a leading cause of
adolescent (age< 18) mortality. However, the epidemiology of adolescent firearm carriage …

Housing and child health

M Weitzman, A Baten, DG Rosenthal, R Hoshino… - Current problems in …, 2013 - Elsevier
The connection between housing and health is well established. Physical, chemical, and
biological aspects of the child's home, such as cleanliness, moisture, pests, noise …

Firearm-related injuries and deaths in children and youth

LK Lee, EW Fleegler, MK Goyal, KF Doh… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Firearms are the leading cause of death in children and youth 0 to 24 years of age in the
United States. In 2020, firearms resulted in 10 197 deaths (fatality rate 9.91 per 100 000 …

Firearm-related injuries affecting the pediatric population

MD Dowd, RD Sege, HG Gardner, KP Quinlan… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
The absence of guns from children's homes and communities is the most reliable and
effective measure to prevent firearm-related injuries in children and adolescents. Adolescent …

The transmission of gun and other weapon-involved violence within social networks

M Tracy, AA Braga, AV Papachristos - Epidemiologic Reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Fatal and nonfatal injuries resulting from gun violence remain a persistent problem in the
United States. The available research suggests that gun violence diffuses among people …

School firearm violence prevention practices and policies: Functional or folly?

JH Price, J Khubchandani - Violence and Gender, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Firearm injuries are the third leading cause of death for youth (14% of all deaths of youth 1–
19 years of age). In 2016, there were 3155 firearm deaths of youths< 19 years of age …

Individual-and peer-level risk and protective factors for gun carriage among adolescents living in low-income urban communities

KE O'Connor, TN Sullivan… - Journal of interpersonal …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Carrying a handgun is an established risk factor for firearm violence, with detrimental and
too often irreversible consequences for adolescents including injury and mortality. Although …

Weapon-carrying and the reduction of violent harm

IR Brennan - The British Journal of Criminology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Criminology has much to offer activities to reduce the harm of violent incidents—particularly
by reducing weapon-carrying and use—but the discipline's engagement with the harm …

Association of firearm access, use, and victimization during adolescence with firearm perpetration during adulthood in a 16-year longitudinal study of youth involved in …

LA Teplin, NS Meyerson, JA Jakubowski… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Preventing firearm violence requires understanding its antecedents. Yet no
comprehensive longitudinal study has examined how involvement with firearms during …

Rates and correlates of risky firearm behaviors among adolescents and young adults treated in an urban emergency department

PM Carter, CA Mouch, JE Goldstick, MA Walton… - Preventive …, 2020 - Elsevier
Firearm violence is a leading cause of death for urban adolescents and young adults
(A/YAs). Little is known about patterns of risky firearm behaviors (RFBs) that may increase …