Journal article
COVID-19-related violence trend data challenges & a resource for injury researchers
Injury epidemiology, Vol.8(1), pp.45-45
12/01/2021
DOI: 10.1186/s40621-021-00338-6
PMCID: PMC8273558
PMID: 34253251
Abstract
Published works have raised concerns that certain violent behaviors and firearm acquisition have encountered dramatic increases since the onset of COVID-19. While these works provide important preliminary insights, they lack the empirical robustness necessary to inform a targeted societal response. Having the ability to perform the research needed to support evidence-based policy requires that data at national, state and local-levels be accessible and of sufficient quality. While related, robust data sources do arguably exist, their availability may come long after the window for effective prevention and intervention efforts has closed or may otherwise present with quality limitations, leaving populations at risk for various forms of violence without the support of protective policies.
The University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center and the Public Policy Center has compiled a compendium of secondary data sources in an effort to promote exploration of relationships between the COVID-19 pandemic and rates of injury and violence. The forms of violence and firearm-related behavior that were identified as being at risk for amplification given the social stress, economic stress and isolation associated with the public health emergency period included: firearm acquisition, firearm violence, intimate partner violence and family violence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- COVID-19-related violence trend data challenges & a resource for injury researchers
- Creators
- Hannah I Rochford - 2190 Westlawn, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA 145 N. Riverside Drive, Room N271, Iowa City, 52242-2007 USAKaleb Brooks - 2190 Westlawn, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAMark Berg - 2190 Westlawn, Iowa City, IA 52242 USACori Peek-Asa - 2190 Westlawn, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Injury epidemiology, Vol.8(1), pp.45-45
- DOI
- 10.1186/s40621-021-00338-6
- PMID
- 34253251
- PMCID
- PMC8273558
- NLM abbreviation
- Inj Epidemiol
- ISSN
- 2197-1714
- eISSN
- 2197-1714
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Grant note
- R49CE003095 / ;
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Sociology and Criminology; Epidemiology; School of Social Work; Nursing; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984215142502771
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