Modifiable Neighborhood Features Associated With Adolescent Homicide
Author(s) -
Alison J. Culyba,
Sara F. Jacoby,
Therese S. Richmond,
Joel A. Fein,
Bernadette Hohl,
Charles C. Branas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4697
Subject(s) - homicide , medicine , injury prevention , poison control , psychological intervention , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , demography , human factors and ergonomics , population , incidence (geometry) , gerontology , medical emergency , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , sociology , optics , physics
Homicide is a leading cause of adolescent mortality. To our knowledge, relatively little has been studied in terms of the association between environmental neighborhood features, such as streets, buildings, and natural surroundings, and severe violent injury among youth.
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