Material hardship and secure firearm storage: findings from the 2022 behavioral risk factor Surveillance System
This study highlights an association between greater material hardship and unsecured firearm storage. These findings emphasize the need for public health interventions that address economic barriers to safe firearm storage, potentially reducing firearm-related injuries and deaths among individuals experiencing material hardship.
Authors
- Dylan B. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4726-6573)
- Alexander M. Testa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-9115)
- Jason M. Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6541-0604)
- Mike Henson-García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4319-9155)
- Kyle T. Ganson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-3716)
- Karyn Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9102-2390)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Rice University (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00549-7
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.17