Marian Betz

Oct 24, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Marian Betz |Megan Ranney

Firearms are the leading cause of deaths for children and adolescents aged 1 to 19 years, and numerous medical and public health organizations, as well as the US Surgeon General, have identified firearm violence as a public health crisis. The work by Weybright and colleagues1 examines the experiences of handgun carrying among rural youths and highlights critical gaps in the types of questions researchers are asking—and the types of people they are inviting as partners.