title: A Consensus-Driven Agenda for Emergency Medicine Firearm Injury Prevention Research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify critical emergency medicine-focused firearm injury research questions and develop an evidence-based research agenda.
  
  
  METHODS
  National content experts were recruited to a technical advisory group for the American College of Emergency Physicians Research Committee. Nominal group technique was used to identify research questions by consensus. The technical advisory group decided to focus on 5 widely accepted categorizations of firearm injury. Subgroups conducted literature reviews on each topic and developed preliminary lists of emergency medicine-relevant research questions. In-person meetings and conference calls were held to iteratively refine the extensive list of research questions, following nominal group technique guidelines. Feedback from external stakeholders was reviewed and integrated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-nine final emergency medicine-relevant research questions were identified, including questions that cut across all firearm injury topics and questions specific to self-directed violence (suicide and attempted suicide), intimate partner violence, peer (nonpartner) violence, mass violence, and unintentional ("accidental") injury. Some questions could be addressed through research conducted in emergency departments; others would require work in other settings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The technical advisory group identified key emergency medicine-relevant firearm injury research questions. Emergency medicine-specific data are limited for most of these questions. Funders and researchers should consider increasing their attention to firearm injury prevention and control, particularly to the questions identified here and in other recently developed research agendas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI. Electronic address: mranney@Lifespan.org.
authors.forename: Megan L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ranney
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland Hospital-Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA.
authors.forename: Harrison
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alter
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barsotti
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
authors.forename: Vikhyat S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Bebarta
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
authors.forename: Marian E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Betz
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerdá
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI; University of Michigan Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Jahan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fahimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rowhani-Rahbar
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
authors.forename: Jody A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA.
authors.forename: Garen J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Wintemute
authors.affiliation: Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waseem
authors.affiliation: BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Manish N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D032921:Consensus; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D005389:Firearms; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention