Reducing firearm violence: a research agenda: Table 1

Abstract

In the United States, firearms are involved in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries each year. The magnitude of this problem prompted the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to issue a report in 2004 detailing the strengths and limitations of existing research on the relationship between firearms and violence. In response, a multidisciplinary group of experts in the field of firearms and violence formed the National Research Collaborative on Firearm Violence. The Collaborative met for 2 days in June 2005 to (1) critically review the main findings of the NAS report and (2) define a research agenda that could fill research and data gaps and inform policy that reduces gun-related crime, deaths and injuries. This article summarizes the Collaborative’s conclusions and identifies priorities for research and funding.

Acute Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Outlets, and Gun Suicide

“…More specifically, controls were sampled from all of Philadelphia using random digit dialing (Waksberg, 1978; Weiner et al, 2007). The protocol allowed for controls who later were shot to remain eligible for inclusion in the study as cases (Rothman & Greenland, 1998).…”

Characteristics of adult male and female firearm suicide decedents: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System

“…The National Research Collaborative on Firearm Violence recently observed that the accumulated evidence supports a causal relationship between the availability of firearms and suicide 10. In one of the most cited studies, Sloan et al 11 found that, although the risk of death from suicide in Seattle and Vancouver (British Columbia) did not differ significantly, the rate of firearm suicide was higher in Seattle (relative risk 2.3; 95% CI 1.9 to 2.9), where firearms are more available.…”

Developing a global research agenda on violence and injury prevention: a modest proposal

“…These include violence prevention in low and middle-income countries,26 child abuse,22 27 28 occupational injuries,29 30 sexual violence,31 firearm-related injuries32 and farm injuries 33. These agendas have been supported in some cases by government institutions, professional organisations or academic institutions.…”