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Protective & Risk Factors

Protective and Risk factors are conditions that are associated with an increased or decreased risk of a health outcome. Public health recognizes that disease and other health events do not occur randomly in a population. They are more likely to occur in some members of the population than others because risk factors are not distributed randomly in the population. As a public health problem, firearm violence is also not random. Firearm violence encompasses several issues, and while firearms are typically the vector by which injury or crime is committed, the root causes of violence are complex and varied.

Firearm access and gun violence exposure among American Indian or Alaska...

Objective:To explore geodemographic differences in firearm behaviors and violence exposure among American Indian or Alaska Native and Black adults in the US. Method:In this survey...

Protect and provide: Perceptions of manhood and masculinities among disabled violently...

Objective:This study explored how Black men who suffer from disabilities via a firearm negotiated their masculine identities. Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with 10...

Individual and cumulative firearm violence exposure: Implications for sleep among Black...

Objective:We investigated the relationship between various forms of firearm violence exposure and sleep problems among nationally representative samples of Black (N = 3015) and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)...

Understanding risk and implementing data-driven solutions for firearm suicide

Objective:Each year, firearms account for half of all the suicide deaths in the U.S. Research has shown that, worldwide, the most effective way to...

Identity, experience, and threat: Assessing key correlates of firearm ownership and...

Objective:The purpose of this study was to examine psychosocial, experiential, and demographic correlates of firearm ownership, carrying, and storage methods. Method:We used a representative survey...

Determining who Healthcare Providers Screen for Firearm Access in the United...

Objective:Healthcare providers are well positioned to screen for firearm access to reduce risk of suicides, yet there is a limited understanding of how often...