Events2Join

The Impact of Gun Violence on Children and Adolescents


Gun Violence is an Adolescent Health Issue

Even apart from the risk of death and injury, gun violence extracts a steep toll on adolescent wellbeing. Exposure to gun violence impacts youth mental health ...

U.S. deaths of children, adolescents by firearm increasing

In 2020, firearms became the leading cause of death among children and adolescents, and that continued in 2021. Firearm fatalities ...

Report on the Impact of GUN VIOLENCE ON STUDENT MENTAL ...

Surgeon General to issue a warning about usage among youth, stating, “we cannot conclude that social media is sufficiently safe for children and adolescents.

Gun deaths among children and teens have soared—but there are ...

Firearm-involved suicides have also increased steadily to 1.1 deaths per 100,000 children and teens in 2021. Whereas the proportion of youth ...

Social Work and Mental Health: Addressing Gun Violence Trauma

This includes not only homicides but also suicides and accidental shootings. Guns are now the leading cause of death for American children, ...

Firearm Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Lead to Huge ...

The team found that one year after firearm injuries, child and adolescent survivors experienced a 117 percent increase in pain disorders, a 68 ...

Gun Violence and Its Effect on Youth Research Paper - IvyPanda

Nevertheless, gun violence causes highly severe physical and psychological harm for youth regardless of age, race, and family socioeconomic ...

ED468544 - Children, Youth, and Gun Violence., Future of ... - ERIC

This collection of articles summarizes knowledge and research about how gun violence affects children and youth and discusses which policies hold promise ...

Firearm Violence in America - HHS.gov

Firearm violence has become the number one cause of death among children and adolescents, more than car accidents or drug overdoses. I've sat ...

Youth Attitudes on Guns - Everytown Support Fund

Guns have been the leading cause of death for American children and teens since 2020, impacting the lives of young people at home, at school and ...

The Many Impacts of Gun Violence on Children - the-baby-scientist

Second, children who have direct exposure to gun violence experience more mental health issues than other children, including psychological distress, depression ...

Gun Violence

Every day in America, 32 children and teens are injured and seven are killed by gunfire, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the ...

Guns in the Home: How to Keep Kids Safe - HealthyChildren.org

Not only that, but 58% of shooting deaths in children and teens are homicides. gun safe, lockbox, trigger lock gun safety. The most effective ...

How Gun Violence Is Affecting Your Child and What You Can Do to ...

Firearms have become the leading cause of death for U.S. children ages one to 19, and that includes all types of firearm-related ...

Racial Disparities in Child Exposure to Firearm Violence Before and ...

Childhood exposure to neighborhood firearm violence adversely affects mental and physical health across the life course.

Child and Youth Exposure to Violence in Illinois

Children and youth who experience the highest rates of victimization (top 10 percent) are also those who have higher levels of distress and other stressful life ...

Effect of Mass Shooting on Mental Health of Children and Adolescent

The Second Amendment has led to an increase in improper use of firearms, with gun deaths increasing every year. The psychological effects of ...

Gun Violence Takes Huge Mental, Financial Toll on Kids & Their ...

Children 19 and younger who survive gun violence experience a 68% increase in psychiatric disorders and a 144% increase in substance use ...

NBC4 Washington | Gun violence is now the leading cause of death ...

Gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

What the Threat of Gun Violence Has Taught a Generation of ...

Gun violence contributes to significant trauma in American youth, with important gendered impacts both inside and out of schools.