The Association Between Urban Tree Cover and Gun Assault: A Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study.

ABSTRACT: Green space and vegetation may play a protective role against urban violence. We investigated whether being near urban tree cover during outdoor activities was related to being assaulted with a gun. We conducted geographic information systems-assisted interviews with boys and men aged 10-24 years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including 135 patients who had been shot with a firearm and 274 community controls, during 2008-2011. Each subject reported a step-by-step mapped account of where and with whom they traveled over a full day from waking until being assaulted or going to bed. Geocoded path points were overlaid on mapped layers representing tree locations and place-specific characteristics. Conditional logistic regressions were used to compare case subjects versus controls (case-control

SUBMITTER: Kondo MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860224 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature