Objectives
The broad objective of the proposed study addresses Healthy New Jersey 2020 to reduce various forms of gun-related violent death in New Jersey. Findings from New Jersey show that the prevalence of gun-related death in 2016 was 34% higher than in 2000. County rates per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) range from 2.0 in Bergen to 14.2 in Essex from 2012-2016 (NJSHAD). The goal is to reduce the rate to 4.7 per 100,000 standard population.
Specific aims:
- to describe forms of gun-related death by demographic background in New Jersey
- to assess circumstance indicators by forms of gun-related death
- to explore health related risk factors for gun-related death
We will identify common and unique risk factors for death related to youth and gang violence, intimate partner violence (IPV), other homicide, and suicide. By better understanding gun-related violence and its short-term and long-term predictors among various populations, we can develop better interventions.
Center Contact
Stephanie Bonne, Ping-Hsin Chen