@article{ref1,
title="An examination of factors contributing to the racial disparity and disproportionality of paediatric firearm-related homicide: a mixed-methods analysis using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)",
journal="Injury prevention",
year="2023",
author="Hunter, Amy A. and Schwab-Reese, Laura and DiVietro, Susan and Green, Christa",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Firearms are a leading cause of paediatric mortality in the United States. This study examines the contributing factors of racial disparity and disproportionality among paediatric firearm decedents aged 0-17 years.We used the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) to assess the individual and incident-level circumstances of paediatric firearm homicides from 2014 to 2018 in 17 US states.Among 1085 paediatric firearm homicides, non-Hispanic blacks (NHB) died at a rate three times greater than their proportion in the general population; they were nine times as likely to die by firearm homicide as non-Hispanic whites (NHW). NHW children were more often the victims of firearm homicide perpetrated by a parent/caregiver, and of homicide-suicides.Violence interruption programmes among NHB youth, and family-based interventions among NHW youth may be effective in preventing firearm homicide and homicide-suicide. Systematic investigations into firearm homicide perpetrators are necessary to better understand observed racial disparities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-8047",
doi="10.1136/ip-2022-044733",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2022-044733"
}