Social determinants of health in relation to firearm-related homicides in the United States: A nationwide multilevel cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gun violence has shortened the average life expectancy of Americans, and better knowledge about the root causes of gun violence is crucial to its prevention. While some empirical evidence exists regarding the impacts of social and economic factors on violence and firearm homicide rates, to the author's knowledge, there has yet to be a comprehensive and comparative lagged, multilevel investigation of major social determinants of health in relation to firearm homicides and mass shootings.

Methods and findings

This study used negative binomial regression models and geolocated gun homicide incident data from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015, to explore and compare the independent associations of key state-, county-, and neighborhood-level social determinants of h

SUBMITTER: Kim D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6917210 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature