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ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2025

Understanding the broader impacts of non-fatal firearm violence trauma in the United States: a scoping review.

Deanna M Giraldi, Susan Swingler, David S Kirk, Sara F Jacoby, G J Melendez-Torres, Elinore J Kaufman, David K Humphreys

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Review in Lancet regional health. Americas, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mural Art and Youth Victimization of Firearm Violence: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026
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  10. Community Firearm Violence and Dental Care Use in Middle Adulthood.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Deanna M GiraldiDepartment of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Barnett House, 32 -37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2ER, UK.
Susan SwinglerDepartment of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Barnett House, 32 -37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2ER, UK.
David S KirkDepartment of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, McNeil Building, 558, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Sara F JacobyDepartment of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Claire M. Fagin Hall, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217, USA.
G J Melendez-TorresFaculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus Heavitree Road, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK.
Elinore J KaufmanDivision of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 3737 Market St 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
David K HumphreysDepartment of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Barnett House, 32 -37 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2ER, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to firearm violence produces ripples of impact that extend far beyond the physical wounds of direct survivors. This scoping review aimed to describe the breadth of the last 25 years of literature on short-term, long-term, and cumulative impacts of firearm violence in the United States across physical, psychological, social, and economic domains. We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ProQuest Social Science Premium (ASSIA, NCJRS, and ERIC) and Web of Science until March 2024. Among 3172 articles, 87 met inclusion criteria. Our findings suggest that research most often explores short-term and psychological impacts on direct survivor-witnesses. The review highlights notable gaps, particularly regarding long-term and cumulative impacts among both the immediate social networks of survivor-witnesses and their wider communities. Further research is necessary for the effective development of trauma-informed interventions and the provision of economic resources aimed at supporting a growing population of survivors and communities affected by violence.

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BurdenExposureFirearm violenceGunsNon-fatalSurvivorsTraumaUnited States

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PMID40290130
PMCPMC12032914

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