TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Assaults on days of campaign rallies during the 2016 US presidential election
JO  - Epidemiology
A1  - Morrison, Christopher N.
A1  - Ukert, Benjamin
A1  - Palumbo, Aimee
A1  - Dong, Beidi
A1  - Jacoby, Sara F.
A1  - Wiebe, Douglas J.
SP  - 490
EP  - 493
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
N2  - AIM: This study investigates whether assault frequency increased on days and in cities where candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton held campaign rallies prior to the 2016 US Presidential election. <br><br>METHOD: We calculated city-level counts of police-reported assaults for 31 rallies for Donald Trump and 38 rallies for Hillary Clinton. Negative binomial models estimated the assault incidence on rally days (Day 0) relative to that on 8 control days for the same city (Days -28, -21, -14, -7, +7, +14, +21, and +28). <br><br>RESULTS: Cities experienced an increase in assaults (Incidence Rate Ratio [IRR]=1.12, 95%CI: 1.03-1.22) on the days of Donald Trump's rallies, and no change in assaults on the days of Hillary Clinton's rallies (IRR=1.00, 95%CI: 0.94-1.06). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Assaults increased on days when cities hosted Donald Trump's rallies during the 2016 Presidential election campaign.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1044-3983
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000821
ID  - ref1
ER  -