title: Trauma center-community partnerships to address firearm injury: it can be done.
abstract: Firearm violence is often framed as a problem of the inner cities and of the criminal justice system. However, this focus may direct attention away from smaller communities that also face firearm violence, including suicide. Ten years ago, the Firearm and Injury Center at Penn (FICAP) developed and implemented a model program in three smaller cities, using trauma centers to spearhead community partnerships. This Issue Brief describes the development and implementation of these partnerships, and highlights one community's ongoing activities to reduce firearm injury.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Firearm & Injury Center at Penn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Therese S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.forename: Charles C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Branas
authors.forename: C William
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Schwab
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005389:Firearms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010414:Pennsylvania; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000517:prevention & control*