The Updated Haddon Matrix for Pediatric Firearm Injuries

Lois K Lee; Danielle Laraque-Arena; Eric W Fleegler

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2024.2753

The Updated Haddon Matrix for Pediatric Firearm Injuries

JAMA Surg. 2024 Nov 1;159(11):1229-1230. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.2753.

Authors

Lois K Lee^{1

2}, Danielle Laraque-Arena^{3

4}, Eric W Fleegler^{2

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York.
⁴ New York Academy of Medicine, New York.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁶ MGH Gun Violence Prevention Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

PMID: 39259531
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.2753

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint presents an updated scientific approach applied to the foundational framework of the Haddon Matrix for injury prevention to reduce firearm injuries and deaths to children and youth.