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  1. Vulnerable populations at risk of injury include persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), and persons who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). The purpose of this study was to describe and...

    Authors: Terry L. Bunn, Jacqueline Seals, Dana Quesinberry, Alaina Murphy and Julia F. Costich
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:27
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  3. Unintentional firearm death (UFD) rates are higher among Black children than among White and Hispanic children. Whether disparities in UFD rates among Black as compared to White and Hispanic children vary by o...

    Authors: Samuel Fischer, Matthew Miller, Eliot W. Nelson, Christopher Chang and Deborah Azrael
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:25
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  4. Our pediatric tertiary care hospital sees a high rate of firearm injuries. Hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) reduce violent injury recidivism rates in victims. However, significant gaps exi...

    Authors: Narmeen I. Khan, Sri S. Chinta, Brooke M. Cheaton, Mark Nimmer and Michael N. Levas
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:24
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  5. In the United States, firearm-related violence disproportionately impacts low-income, racially segregated communities more than affluent, predominantly White neighborhoods. This trend stems from historical dis...

    Authors: Gia Barboza-Salerno, Brittany Liebhard, Sharefa Duhaney and Taylor Harrington
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:23
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  6. Suicide remains a significant cause of death in the United States. Traumatic events, such as experiences of violence, financial loss, and mental illness, significantly increase an individual’s risk of suicide....

    Authors: Bianca D. Smith, Kechna Cadet and Terrinieka W. Powell
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:22
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  8. Increased concerns of political violence in the US have drawn attention to sociopolitical movements across the political spectrum. The 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy sought to characterize approval of thes...

    Authors: Rebecca Valek, Julie A. Ward, Vanya Jones, Tim Carey and Cassandra K. Crifasi
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:20
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  9. Firearms became the leading cause of death in the United States pediatric population in 2019 and have persisted as the leading cause through 2021, with widening racial and ethnic disparities. We aimed to exami...

    Authors: Rafael Klein-Cloud, Bailey Roberts, Emma Cornell, Colleen Nofi and Chethan Sathya
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:19
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  10. It is a “law” of criminology that urban crime chronically recurs at the same microplaces (i.e., street segments and intersections). An influential study found high concentrations of firearm violence at micropl...

    Authors: Faizah Shareef, Emma L. Gause, Suzanne McLone, Erika Gebo and Jonathan Jay
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:18
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  13. Firearm violence is a major public health problem and the leading cause of death among children and youth aged one to nineteen in the United States (US). School shootings, though a relatively rare form of fire...

    Authors: Camerin A. Rencken, Kelsey Conrick, Isaac C. Rhew, Carol A. Davis and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:15
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  14. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, which ruled a New York concealed-carry permitting requirement unconstitutional, laws restricting the public c...

    Authors: Rose M. C. Kagawa, Paul M. Reeping and Hannah S. Laqueur
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:14
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  15. Around 40% of US households with children have a firearm kept in the home. This study sought to describe firearm storage practices and locking device preferences among caregivers of children presenting to a pe...

    Authors: Tyler Lennon, Samaa Kemal, Sanjana Shankar, Robert Tunick, Doug Lorenz and Jennifer A. Hoffmann
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:13
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  16. This study assesses the impact of heatwaves on road safety in five Québec cities (Montréal, Québec City, Laval, Longueuil, and Sherbrooke) from June to September 2015–2022. Using Urban Heat Island (UHI), 90th ...

    Authors: José Ignacio Nazif-Munoz, Vahid Najafi Moghaddam Gilani, Juwel Rana, Ernani Choma, John D. Spengler and José Guillermo Cedeno-Laurent
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:12
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  17. Nearly 7,000 snakebite injuries are reported yearly in the United States, with almost one quarter of those in the pediatric population. Due to increased exposure to snakes, rural children may experience differ...

    Authors: Kristyn Jeffries, Sara C. Sanders, Rachel Ekdahl, Dustin E. Williford, Maxwell Taylor, Charalene Fisher, Jacob Filipek, Brittany Slagle, Esma Birisci and Rebecca M. Cantu
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:11
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  18. Young couples transitioning into parenthood are at elevated risk of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), in part, due to the social and economic stressors associated with this critical time. Interpers...

    Authors: Tiara C. Willie, Sabriya Linton, Leslie B. Adams, Nicole M. Overstreet, Shannon Whittaker, Theresa Faller, Deja Knight and Trace S. Kershaw
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:10
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  19. TikTok is one of the fastest-growing social media platforms. With 50 million active daily users in the United States, videos on TikTok have the opportunity to reach an exceptionally large audience. It is of co...

    Authors: Hannah P. Schneider, Jamie M. Reedy, Rebecca J. McAdams, David I. Swedler, Jennifer A. Manganello, Kristin J. Roberts, Leah K. Middelberg and Lara B. McKenzie
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:9
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  20. Veterans show increased vulnerability to trauma exposure. Yet, there is limited research examining Veterans’ prevalence of experiencing different trauma exposure types by race, gender, and ethnicity and across...

    Authors: Fernanda S. Rossi, Yael I. Nillni, Alexandria N. Miller, Annie B. Fox, Johanne Eliacin, Paula P. Schnurr, Christopher C. Duke, Jaimie L. Gradus and Tara E. Galovski
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:8
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  21. Cycling promotes health but carries significant injury risks, especially for older adults. In the U.S., cycling fatalities have increased since 1990, with adults over 50 now at the highest risk. As the populat...

    Authors: Marta A. W. Rowh, Taylor A. Giller, John N. Bliton, Randi N. Smith and Tim P. Moran
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:7
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  22. Veterans are at elevated risk for suicide compared to non-Veteran U.S. adults. Data sources and analyses to inform prevention efforts, especially for those who do not use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) he...

    Authors: Claire A. Hoffmire, Alexandra L. Schneider, Laurel A. Gaeddert, Joseph Logan, Julie A. Kittel, Ryan Holliday and Lindsey L. Monteith
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:6
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  23. Rates of suicide remain elevated among U.S. Veterans and have increased disproportionately among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Veterans. Knowledge is limited regarding suicide prevention considera...

    Authors: Evan R. Polzer, Carly M. Rohs, Christe’An D. Iglesias, Joseph Mignogna, Lauren S. Krishnamurti, Ryan Holliday and Lindsey L. Monteith
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:5
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  24. In 2022, a nationally representative longitudinal survey in the USA found concerningly high prevalences of support for and personal willingness to engage in political violence, but those prevalences decreased ...

    Authors: Garen J. Wintemute, Andrew Crawford, Elizabeth A. Tomsich and Veronica A. Pear
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:4
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  25. Motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of injury death among adults aged 65 and older in the U.S., second only to falls. A common state-level approach to mitigating older adult crash risk is the im...

    Authors: Cara J. Hamann, Jonathan A. Davis, Gilsu Pae, Motao Zhu, Gregory H. Shill, Brian Tefft and Joseph E. Cavanaugh
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:3
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  26. The increasing adoption of individual urban mobility in European cities is contributing to a rise in the number of bicycle and e-scooter users. Consequently, a corresponding increase in accidents, along with a...

    Authors: Frederik Hartz, Philipp Zehnder, Tobias Resch, Gregor Römmermann, Victoria Hartmann, Markus Schwarz, Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Peter Biberthaler and Michael Zyskowski
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:2
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  27. Injury causes significant burden on Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. However, a considerable portion of the research conducted in this area has been carried out by Western research...

    Authors: Genevieve Westacott, Victoria McCreanor, Susanna Cramb, Silvia Manzanero, Kim Vuong, Michelle Allen, Shannon Dias, Geoffrey Binge and Arpita Das
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2025 12:1
    Content type: Review Published on:

  28. Firearm secure storage is an important public health practice due to its potential impact on reducing the incidence of accidental injuries, suicides, and thefts. Yet, there is limited research on how economic ...

    Authors: Alexander Testa, Mike Henson-Garcia, Dylan B. Jackson, Karyn Fu, Kyle T. Ganson and Jason M. Nagata
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:69
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  30. A prerequisite for understanding temporal changes in road crash severity is an unbiased description of this phenomenon. The aim of this study was to estimate the independent association trends of age, period a...

    Authors: Luis Miguel Martín-delosReyes, Virginia Martínez-Ruiz, Mario Rivera-Izquierdo, Eladio Jiménez-Mejías, Nicolás Francisco Fernández Martínez and Pablo Lardelli-Claret
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:67
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  31. Understanding the nature and circumstances around the use of weapons to perpetrate an offense among individuals with mental illness is crucial for evidence-informed policies and actions. However, little is kno...

    Authors: Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Arianna Davids, Parwiz Mohibi, Bailea Erb, John Bradford, Gary Andrew Chaimowitz and Andrew Toyin Olagunju
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:66
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  32. Overdose mortality increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is unclear to what extent the COVID-19 mortality had contributed to this increase at the neighborhood level.

    Authors: Wuraola Olawole, Guohua Li, Ziqi Zhou, Zhixing Wu and Qixuan Chen
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:65
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  33. Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death for U.S. adolescents. Given the prevalence of firearm ownership in the U.S., particularly among parental figures in homes with children and teens, and the relati...

    Authors: Karissa R. Pelletier, Jesenia M. Pizarro, Regina Royan, Rebeccah Sokol, Rebecca M. Cunningham, Marc A. Zimmerman and Patrick M. Carter
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:64
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  34. Suicide-related presentations to pediatric emergency departments (PED) have increased in recent years. PED providers have the opportunity to reduce suicide risk by counseling on restricting access to lethal me...

    Authors: Bijan Ketabchi, Michael A. Gittelman, Yin Zhang and Wendy J. Pomerantz
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11(Suppl 1):63
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 1

  35. To date, systematic reviews of frostbite injuries predominantly focus on the treatment of frostbite, which narrows the scope of prevention and disregards the impact of frostbite-related predisposing factors. C...

    Authors: Samuel Kwaku Essien, Batholomew Chireh, Chantee Steinberg, Phinehas Omondi and Audrey Zucker-Levin
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:62
    Content type: Review Published on:

  37. Approximately 15% of pediatric firearm injuries are unintentional. While demographic characteristics of unintentional firearm injuries have been described, the relationship between injury characteristics and m...

    Authors: Ashley A. Hollo, Mairead Dillon, Jennifer A. Hoffmann, Ashley Blanchard and Maya Haasz
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:60
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  38. Gabapentin and pregabalin were originally introduced as anticonvulsant medications but are now also prescribed on- and off-label for multiple medical disorders, especially for pain management. The national opi...

    Authors: Emily J.R. Carter, Natalie I. Rine, Sandhya Kistamgari, Hannah L. Hays, Henry A. Spiller, Jingzhen Yang, Motao Zhu and Gary A. Smith
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:59
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  39. Firearm violence is a significant public health issue. However, it is unclear if there is an association between the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and the intent of both fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries,...

    Authors: Yuni Tang, Nandi L. Taylor, Lucas M. Neuroth, Kathleen A. Higgins, Anna E. Waller, Stephen W. Marshall and Katherine J. Harmon
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:58
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  40. Cannabis use has been causally linked to violent behaviors in experimental and case studies, but its association with homicide victimization has not been rigorously assessed through epidemiologic research.

    Authors: Seonghun Lee, Guohua Li, Stanford Chihuri, Yuanzhi Yu and Qixuan Chen
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:57
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  41. In recent years, the United States (US) has witnessed a rise in political violence. Prior research has found that an individual’s social network is associated with their likelihood of engaging in various forms...

    Authors: Julia P. Schleimer, Paul M. Reeping, Sonia L. Robinson and Garen J. Wintemute
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:56
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  42. Shortly after the onset of the COVID Pandemic, when many schools and outside activities were suspended, dog adoption rates increased. It is unknown if increased dog adoption rates along with stay-at-home order...

    Authors: Paul T. Menk, E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens and Wendy J. Pomerantz
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11(Suppl 1):55
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 1

  43. Social vulnerability may play a role in social media-involved crime, but few studies have investigated this issue. We investigated associations between social vulnerability and social media-involved violent cr...

    Authors: Jemar R. Bather, Diana Silver, Brendan P. Gill, Adrian Harris, Jin Yung Bae, Nina S. Parikh and Melody S. Goodman
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:54
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  45. A drowning definition is available for use with National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) data. However, its accuracy in capturing drowning emergency department and urgent care visits at the regional leve...

    Authors: Rohit P. Shenoi, Briana Moreland, Jennifer L. Jones, Nicholas Peoples, Elizabeth A. Camp and Ned Levine
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11(Suppl 1):52
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 1

  46. To investigate the characteristics and trends of therapeutic errors that occur outside of healthcare facilities involving diabetes medications reported to US poison centers.

    Authors: Ashley Thurgood Giarman, Hannah L. Hays, Jaahnavi Badeti, Natalie I. Rine, Henry A. Spiller, Motao Zhu and Gary A. Smith
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:51
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  48. Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are civil court orders that prohibit firearm purchase and possession when someone is behaving dangerously and is at risk of harming themselves and/or others. As of June 2...

    Authors: April M. Zeoli, Amy Molocznik, Jennifer Paruk, Elise Omaki, Shannon Frattaroli, Marian E. Betz, Annette Christy, Reena Kapoor, Christopher Knoepke, Wenjuan Ma, Michael A. Norko, Veronica A. Pear, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Julia P. Schleimer, Jeffrey W. Swanson and Garen J. Wintemute
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:49
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  49. U.S. firearm sales surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many purchases by first-time firearm owners. The 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy sought to understand the public health implications of this surg...

    Authors: Rebecca Valek, Julie A. Ward, Vanya Jones and Cassandra K. Crifasi
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:48
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. Incorporating post-discharge data into trauma registries would allow for better research on patient outcomes, including disparities in outcomes. This pilot study tested a follow-up data collection process to b...

    Authors: Hannah Scheuer, Kelsey M. Conrick, Brianna Mills, Esther Solano, Saman Arbabi, Eileen M. Bulger, Danae Dotolo, Christopher St. Vil, Monica S. Vavilala, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Megan Moore
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:46
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:
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