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Title: Firearm-Related Morbidity and Mortality by Injury Intent: Analysis of Medical, Criminal, and Vital Records in Seattle, WA

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Background: Due to the reliance on administrative records in firearm injury research, individual studies do not present an integrated picture of firearm injuries. Non-fatal and fatal injuries are frequently studied separately, as are injuries of different intents. Certain risk factors for assault-related firearm injuries, like characteristics of the neighborhoods where they occur, the injured person’s involvement with criminal activity, or their mental health may also indicate an increased risk of self-inflicted, unintentional, or legal intervention firearm injury. However, identifying differences or similarities between intent-specific firearm injury groups requires the inclusion of all intent-specific firearm injuries, fatal and non-fatal, in a single study, using all available data, to present a more integrated picture of firearm injury. Clarifying the specific associations between firearm injury risk factors and assault-related, self-inflicted, unintentional, and legal intervention firearm injuries can inform targeted interventions. Methods: This study clarifies risk markers for intent-specific firearm injury both at the neighborhood level and the individual level. . .

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Authors: Mills, Brianna

Institution: University of Washington

Department: Epidemiology

Advisor: Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali

Degree: Ph.D.

Publisher Location: Washington

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Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Crime and Deviance, Health, Other

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