Key Points Clinical Approaches to Prevention of Firearm-Related Injury Injury by firearm is
preventable. Clinicians can reduce patients' risks of firearm-related injury and death using …

Objectives This study builds on prior research showing a strong relationship between
handgun carrying and delinquent behaviors among urban youth by examining the …

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 …

Importance There is little information on upstream community-based interventions that
reduce the prevalence of handgun carrying among adolescents, especially those growing …

Weapon carrying among White rural populations is understudied although evidence
suggests that rural White boys have high rates of carriage. This study delineated patterns of …

Purpose To characterize school handgun carrying and violence risk factors among rural
youth. Methods Using a sample of rural youth (n= 1995), we quantified the proportion who …

Recent research suggests that bullying victimization increases the risk of handgun carrying
among adolescents. Yet, little to no research has considered whether different types of …

Young adulthood, important in so many ways in the life course of individuals, is a particularly
highrisk period for sustaining firearm-related harm. 1 In 2020, suicide and homicide were 2 …

Purpose Alcohol use and handgun carrying are more prevalent among youth in rural than
urban areas and their association may be stronger among rural adolescents. Alcohol use …

There is limited understanding of how socioeconomic status, gang membership, and their
interaction predicts the development of firearm carrying. The Pathways to Desistance data …