title: Reducing firearm violence: a research agenda.
abstract: In the United States, firearms are involved in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries each year. The magnitude of this problem prompted the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to issue a report in 2004 detailing the strengths and limitations of existing research on the relationship between firearms and violence. In response, a multidisciplinary group of experts in the field of firearms and violence formed the National Research Collaborative on Firearm Violence. The Collaborative met for 2 days in June 2005 to (1) critically review the main findings of the NAS report and (2) define a research agenda that could fill research and data gaps and inform policy that reduces gun-related crime, deaths and injuries. This article summarizes the Collaborative's conclusions and identifies priorities for research and funding.
authors: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6218, USA. weinerja@mail.med.upenn.edu
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mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D005389:Firearms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D009307:National Academy of Sciences, U.S.; D011640:Public Policy; D013405:Suicide; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*