Development of the SaFETy Score: A Clinical Screening Tool for Predicting Future Firearm Violence Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interpersonal firearm violence among youth is a substantial public health problem, and emergency department (ED) physicians require a clinical screening tool to identify high-risk youth.

Objective

To derive a clinically feasible risk index for firearm violence.

Design

24-month prospective cohort study.

Setting

Urban, level 1 ED.

Participants

Substance-using youths, aged 14 to 24 years, seeking ED care for an assault-related injury and a proportionately sampled group of non-assault-injured youth enrolled from September 2009 through December 2011.

Measurements

Firearm violence (victimization/perpetration) and validated questionnaire items.

Results

A total of 599 youths were enrolled, and presence/absence of future firearm violence

SUBMITTER: Goldstick JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5697901 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature