Trial reportThe journal of trauma and acute care surgery2021
Helping individuals with firearm injuries: A cluster randomized trial.
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- Characteristics Associated With Community Violence Prevention Programs in US Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey Analysis.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Experimental wound ballistic study to understand biomechanical differences in gunshot wounds from various bullets and firearms: implications for clinical care and forensic analysis.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Article
- "It is nice, but it can't keep me safe": perspectives on the effectiveness of hospital-based violence intervention programs.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2026Article
- Evaluating a Digital Intervention to Reduce Aggression and Pro-Firearm Violence Attitudes Among Young Black Males: Pretest-Posttest Feasibility Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Disparities in Misclassification of Race and Ethnicity in Electronic Medical Records Among Patients with Traumatic Injury.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Evaluating an App-Based Intervention for Preventing Firearm Violence and Substance Use in Young Black Boys and Men: Usability Evaluation Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Improving post-injury follow-up survey response: incorporating automated modalities.Injury epidemiology · 2024Article
- Improving Post-Injury Follow-up Survey Response: Incorporating Automated Modalities.Research square · 2024Article
- The Influence of Routine Health care on Reoffending in a Sample of Gun Involved Youths.Journal of community health · 2024Article
- Implementation of an emerging hospital-based violence intervention program: a multimethod study.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2023Article
- Barriers to recruitment, retention and intervention delivery in a randomized trial among patients with firearm injuries.Injury epidemiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with firearm injuries are at high risk of subsequent arrest and injury following hospital discharge. We sought to evaluate the effect of a 6-month joint hospital- and community-based low-intensity intervention on risk of arrest and injury among patients with firearm injuries.
methodsWe conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial, enrolling patients with firearm injuries who received treatment at Harborview Medical Center, the level 1 trauma center in Seattle, Washington, were 18 years or older at the time of injury, spoke English, were able to provide consent and a method of contact, and lived in one of the five study counties. The intervention consisted of hospital-based motivational interviewing, followed by a 6-month community-based intervention, and multiagency support. The primary outcome was the risk of subsequent arrest. The main secondary outcome was the risk of death or subsequent injury requiring treatment in the emergency department or hospitalization.
resultsNeither assignment to or engagement with the intervention, defined as having at least 1 contact point with the support specialist, was associated with risk of arrest at 2 years post-hospital discharge (relative risk for intervention assignment, 1.15; 95% confidence interval, 0.90-1.48; relative risk for intervention engagement, 1.07; 95% confidence interval, 0.74-2.19). There was similarly no association observed for subsequent injury.
conclusionsThis study represents one of the first randomized controlled trials of a joint hospital- and community-based intervention delivered exclusively among patients with firearm injuries. The intervention was not associated with changes in risk of arrest or injury, a finding most likely due to the low intensity of the program. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Care management, level II.
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