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Peer-Reviewed Article

Mortality Among Recent Purchasers of Handguns

Wintemute, G.J., Parham, C.A., Beaumont, J.J., et al.
New England Journal of Medicine , 1999

In this population based cohort study looking at handgun purchasers in California in 1991, researchers found that recent purchase of a handgun can increase the risk of suicide by a firearm.

Peer-Reviewed Article

The Accessibility of Firearms and Risk for Suicide and Homicide Victimization among Household Members: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Anglemyer, A., Horvath, T., & Rutherford, G.
Annals of Internal Medicine., 2014.

This systematic review and meta-analysis found that access to firearms was associated with risk for suicide and being the victim of homicide.

Peer-Reviewed Article

State-level Homicide Victimization Rates in the US in Relation to Survey Measures of Household Firearm Ownership

Miller, M., Hemenway, D., & Azrael, D.
Social Science & Medicine, 2007

This study examining the role of household firearms in homicides in the United States found that states with higher incidence of households with firearms had significantly higher rates of homicide.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Household Firearm Ownership and Rates of Suicide Across the 50 United States

Miller, M., Lippmann, S.J., Azrael, D. et al.
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2007

This paper found that household firearm ownership was strongly associated with higher rates of suicide in the United States.

Peer-Reviewed Article

Prevalence of Household Firearms and Firearm Storage Practices in the 50 States and the District of Columbia: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Okoro, C.A., Nelson, D.E., Mercy, J.A., et al.
Pediatrics, 2002

Using data from data from the 2002 cross-sectional Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey, this study aimed to find prevalence of household firearms and firearm-storage practices as well as the number of children exposed to unsafe storage practices.

Peer-Reviewed Article

The Stock and Flow of U.S. Firearms: Results from the 2015 National Firearms Survey

Azrael, D., Hepburn, L., Hemenway, D., et al.
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences., 2017.

Using the first nationally representative survey of firearm ownership and use in more than a decade, this article aimed to better characterize private ownership and use of firearms in the United States, including the exchange of firearms amongst people.

Peer-Reviewed Article

The Epidemiology of Firearm Violence in the Twenty-first Century United States

Wintemute, G.J.
Annual Review of Public Health, 2015

This review summarizes several epidemiological factors contributing to firearm violence in the United States.

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The Committee on Trauma (COT): Firearm Injury Prevention

Resources and recommendations to addressing firearm injury prevention by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) leadership and the Injury Prevention Committee.

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WEAVE

WEAVE is the primary provider of crisis intervention services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Sacramento County.

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The HAVI

The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI) is an organization that fosters hospital and community collaborations to advance equitable, trauma-informed care and violence intervention and prevention programs.

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Project Childsafe Resource Library

Project ChildSafe is a program that promotes safety education with many resources and distribution of firearm safety kits across the US.

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Is Your Safety On?

A call to parents to lock up guns in an effort to prevent teen suicide by Boncom and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Division of Utah Department of Human Services.

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