Publications

January 2025

  1. Sheline, E. K., Sigel, E. J., Bunik, M. E., Leonard, J., Dillon, M., & Haasz, M. (2025). Which types of providers have firearm discussions in a pediatric primary care clinic? Academic Pediatrics, 25(1), 102546.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.07.013
  2. Kattan Khazanov, G., Wilson, M., Cidav, T., Roberts, C. B., Barry, C., McKay, J. R., Jager-Hyman, S., Goodman, M., & Simonetti, J. (2025). Access to firearms and opioids among veterans at risk for suicide. JAMA Network Open, 8(1), e2456906. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.56906 
  3. Kafka, J. M., Ellyson, A. M., Santaularia, N. J., Adhia, A., Ortega, A., Shanahan, S., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., & Bowen, D. (2025). Disparities in court orders to relinquish firearms in civil domestic violence protection orders. Criminology & Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12693 

February 2025

  1. Abrams, A. H., Johnson, R. L., Brooks-Russell, A., Betz, M. E., & Wright-Kelly, E. (2025). Racial disparities in concerns and experiences with police-involved shootings among Colorado adults. Journal of the National Medical Association.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2025.01.005
  2. Robison, M., Rice, T. B., Hom, M. A., Chu, C., Anestis, M. D., Joiner, T. E., & Stanley, I. H. (2025). Suicide plans involving a firearm and levels of suicidal intent among firefighters. The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 0(0).  https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000994  
  3. McCarthy, V., Velopulos, C. G., & Myers, Q. W. O. (2025). Critical considerations to facilitate multidisciplinary care for survivors of firearm injury. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 10, e001723.  https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001723

March 2025

  1. Pyrooz, D. C., Densley, J. A., & Peterson, J. K. (2025). Direct exposure to mass shootings among US adults. JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e250283. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0283 

April 2025

  1. Haasz M, Myers, M. G., Carter, P. M., Gastineau, K., & Sokol, R. L. (2025). Caregivers asking about firearms in homes their children visit. Pediatrics. doi: 10.1542/peds.2025-071373.
  2. Ketabchi, B., Chaudhary, S, Cieslak, K., Das, K., Foster, A. A., Haasz, M., Hoffmann, J. A., Hueschen, L., Lehto, E., Mehta, S. D., Patel, S. J., Pomerantz, W. J., Pulcini, C. D., Stankovic, C., Stewart, A., Sudanagunta, S., Ugalde, I. T., Fleegler, E., & Duffy, S. (2025). Youth suicide prevention in the emergency department: Lethal means counseling 101.Annals of Emergency Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.02.021.
  3. Ashok, V. A., Knoepke, C. E., Burnett, J. R., & Pasha, A. S. (2025). Extreme risk protection orders – Ethics for clinicians. JAMA Internal Medicine. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.0519
  4. Densley, J. A., Pyrooz, D. C., & Peterson, J. K. (2025). Factors associated with secure firearm storage among U.S. gun owners. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2025.04.005
  5. Kennedy, S. R., Stanley, I. H., Friedman, K., Meza, K., Johnson, M. L., Villarreal, R. I., & Betz, M. E. (2025). Firearm suicide prevention in the military health system: A qualitative study of clinician training, the “Lock to Live” decision aid, and connection to out-of-home firearm storage. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-025-09945-3
  6. Peterson, J. K., Densley, J. A., & Pyrooz, D. C. (2025). Mental health consequences of exposure to mass and non-mass shootings in a national sample of US adults. Nature Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-025-00413-7

May 2025

  1. Anestis, M. D., Paruk, J., Moceri-Brooks, J., Bandel, S. L., Bond, A. E., & Semenza, D. C. (2025). Alignment between self- and perceived peer support for specific firearm policies: Results from a representative survey of adults in nine U.S. states. Preventive Medicine Reports, 54, 103104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103104 

June 2025

  1. Barnard, L. M., Betz, M.E., Frattaroli, S., Knoepke, C. E., Christy, A., Schleimer, J. P., Pear, V. A., McCarthy, M., Kapoor, R., Norko, M. A., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Ma, W., Wintemute, G. J., Swanson, J. W., Easter, M. M., & Zeoli, A. M. (2025). Extreme risk protection order use in six US states: A descriptive study.Injury Epidemiology, 12(30). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-025-00585-x
  2. Krishnamurti, L. S., Mignogna, J., Iglesias, C. D., Rohs, C. M., Polzer, E. R., Holliday, R., Iwamasa, G. Y., & Monteith, L. L. (2025). "We don't talk about these things": Asian American Veterans' lived experiences and perspectives of suicide risk and prevention. Frontiers Psychiatry, 16, 1520980. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1520980
  3. Kittel, J. A., Monteith, L. L., Holliday, R., Morano, T. T., Schneider, A. L., Brenner, L. A., & Hoffmire, C. A. (2025). Geospatial estimates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt prevalence in the U.S. veteran population (2022) Injury Epidemiology, 12, 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-025-00584-y
  4. Sells, J. R., Stearns-Yoder, K. A., Penzenik, M. E., Bahraini, N. H., Sullan, M. J., Cruz, S., Monteith, L. L., & Brenner, L. A. (2025). The "tyranny of distance": Community-based veteran suicide prevention in Guam. Frontiers, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1469973
  5. Monteith, L. L., Kittel, J. A., Holliday, R., Schneider, A. L., Herring-Nathan, E., Krishnamurti, L. S., Brenner, L. A., & Hoffmire, C. A. (2025). Suicidal ideation and non-fatal suicidal self-directed violence prevalence and associations among Veterans residing in U.S. Pacific Island Territories: Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. PLOS One.

July 2025

  1. Miller, M., Wertz, J., Swanson, S. A., Simonetti, J. A., Zhang, Y., & Azrael, D. R. (2025). Firearm storage and firearm suicide. JAMA Network Open, 8(7), e2519266. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.19266
  2. Wright-Kelly, E. Simonetti, J. A., Haasz, M., Rosenberg, S., Myers, Q. W. O., & Brooks-Russell, A. Perceived access to a loaded firearm among youths in Colorado. JAMA Network Open, 8(7), e2523362. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836838
  3. Paruk, J., Wright-Kelly, E., Barnard, L., & Anestis, M. Owner willingness to temporarily store firearms with firearm retailers and law enforcement agencies. JAMA Open Network, 8(7), e2521921. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836421
  4. Wright-Kelly, E., Johnson, R.L., Barnard, L., McCarthy, V., & Brooks-Russell, A. (2025). Trends in Carrying Handguns in and Out of School Among Florida Adolescents. Pediatrics, e2024066967. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-066967

August 2025

  1. Carrington, M. D., Stanley, I. H., Anestis, M. D., Johnson, R. L., Moceri-Brooks, J., Bryan, C. J., Johnson, M. L., Baker, J. C., Bryan, A. O., Xiao, M., & Betz, M. E. (2025). Safety or risk? Exploring perceptions of firearm-related risks among military service members and civilian employees at a military installation. Journal of Injury and Violence Research, 17(2). https://jivresearch.org/jivr/index.php/jivr/article/view/1938
  2. Friedman, K., Moceri-Brooks, J., Meza, K., Ho, R. A., Jr., Baker, J. C., Bryan, A. O., Bryan, C. J., Anestis, M. D., & Betz, M. E. (2025). Firearms, alcohol, suicide, and intimate partner violence perpetration among service members: Military partner experiences. Psychological Services. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000988
  3. Hoskins, K., Kattan Khazanov, G., Thomas, A., Williams II, J., O’Brien, C. S., Ashok, V., Sebetka, K., Miller, M., Dorsey, B., & Simonetti, J. (2025). “ “Gasoline on a fire that was already burning”: Black Americans’ reasons for acquiring firearms in the early pandemic era. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 8, 1000612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100612
  4. Conrick, K. M., Kafka, J., Schleimer, J. P., Kanuha, V. K., St. Vil, C., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., & Moore, M. (2025). Community and system advocate perspectives on extreme risk protection order implementation: Qualitative lessons on client context, professionalization, and equity. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 62, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580251370929

September 2025

  1. Simonetti, J. A., Haasz, M., Johnson, R. L., Bandel, S. L., & Wright-Kelly, E. (2025). Adults’ beliefs on asking about unlocked firearms in homes where children play.The Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical Practice, 17, 200174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedcp.2025.200174
  2. Aunon, F., Martino, S., Khazanov, G., Decker, S., Dobscha, S., & Simonetti, J. A. (2025). Applying motivational interviewing strategies to facilitate secure firearm storage during clinical encounters--Part 1: Relational foundation. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 31(5), 275-277.  https://doi.org/10.1097/pra.0000000000000875
  3. Bandel, S. L., Rodriguez, T. R., Anestis, M. D., & Anestis, J. C. (2025). Utilizing personality assessment to further firearm injury prevention research: An example investigation with the MMPI-3. Journal of Personality Assessment, 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2025.2550381
  4. Stanley, I. H., Finn, J., Flarity, K. M., Xiao, M., Johnson, R. L., Kearns, J. C., Wilver, N. L., Berkowitz, S. J., Anestis, M. D., Betz, M. E., & Simonetti, J. A. (2025). Project Safe Guard-Trauma (PSG-T): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of lethal means safety counseling to promote secure firearm storage among individuals with PTSD. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 47, 101549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101549 
  5. Balser, M, Knoepke, C. E., Sanders, M., Little, K., Barnard, L., & Wright-Kelly, E. (2025). Acceptability of extreme risk protection orders across regions of Colorado. AJPM Focus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100442
  6. Walsh, A. K., Bryan, C. J., Anestis, M. D., Betz, M. E., Morganstein, J. C., Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Godin, S. J., Kruger, B. J., & Vernon, E. (2025). The evolution of Project Safe Guard in the National Guard: Toward an integrated sustained approach to firearm injury prevention. Military Medicine, 190(2), 156-162. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf126
  7. Cafferty, R., Dillon, M., Ambroggio, L., Anthony, B. J., Haasz, M., & O'Leary, S. T. (2025). Associations between the child opportunity index and suicide risk factors among pediatric emergency department youth. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.08.013 

January 2024

  1. Stanley, I.H., Hom, M.A., & Wright, A. (2024). Emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians’ views on EMS-delivered interventions to promote secure firearm storage practices . Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13005
  2. Boggs, J.M., Quintana, L.M., Beck, A. , Clarke, C.L., Richardson L., Conley, A., Buckingham, E.T., Richards, J.E., & Betz, M.E. (20 24).  A randomized control trial of a digital health tool for safer firearm and medication storage for patients with suicide risk . Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-024-01641-6

February 2024

  1. Stanley, I.H., Anestis, M.D., Bryan, C.J., Moceri-Brooks, J., Baker, J.C., Buck-Atkinson, J., Bryan, A.O., Johnson, M., Hunter, K., Johnson, R.L., Xiao, M., & Betz, M.E. (2024).  Project safe guard: Challenges and opportunities of a universal rollout of peer-delivered lethal means safety counseling at a US military installation.  Suicide Life Threat Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13050
  2. Spitzer, E. G., Stearns-Yoder, K. A., Hoffberg, A. S., Bailey, H. M., Miller, C. J., & Simonetti, J. A. (2024). A systematic review of lethal means safety counseling interventions: Impacts on safety behaviors and self-directed violence . Epidemiologic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxae001
  3. Dichter, M. E., Agha, A. Z., Monteith, L. L., Krishnamurti, L. S., Iverson, K. M., & Montgomery, A. E. (2024). Something has to be done to make women feel safe: Women veterans’ recommendations for strengthening the veterans crisis Line for women veterans . Women's Health Issues. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2023.12.002
  4. Kennedy, S. R.,Buck-Atkinson, J., Moceri-Brooks, J., Johnson, M. L., Anestis, M. D., Carrington, M., Baker, J.C., Fisher, M.E., Nease, D.E., O’Bryan, A., Bryan, C.J., & Betz, M. E. (2024). Military community engagement to prevent firearm-related violence: Adaptation of project safeguard for service members.Injury Epidemiology, 11(1), 1-7. DOI: 10.1186/s40621-024-00490-9

March 2024

  1. Stanley, I.H., Knoepke, C., Hom, M.A., Wright, A., & Betz, M.E. (2024). Emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians’ awareness of extreme risk protection orders . General Hospital Psychiatry. 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2024.02.013
  2. Abrams, A., Kaufman, E., &  Bajaj, L. (2024). Not a crime scene: The need to examine the impact of police in the pediatric emergency department Academic Emergency Medicine. DOI: 10.1111/acem.14901
  3. Christopher, E., Knoepke, C., Barnard, L., Batta, N., McCarthy, M., Thies, K., Olivencia, C., Robinson, C., Kettering, S., Huss, S., & Betz, M.E. (2024). Petitions for extreme risk protection orders and second amendment sanctuary status in Colorado . JAMA Network. 7(4), doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.4381

April 2024

  1. Walsh, A., Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M., Stanley, I.H., Betz, M.E., Heintz Morrissey, B., Godin, S., Morgenstein, J., LaCroix, J., Cobb, E., Grammer, J., & Button, C.J. (2024). Firearm leadership: Development, analysis, and application of a novel concept to message secure storage of firearms in the military Military Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2024.2336641
  2. Khazanov, G. K., Keddem, S., Hoskins, K., Wortzel, H. S., & Simonetti, J. A. (2024). Increasing the acceptability of lethal means safety counseling for firearms: Tips and scripts Journal of Psychiatric Practice®, 30(2), 139-146. DOI: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000773
  3. Dum, C. P., Myers, Q., & Weng, K. (2024). Fight or flight? Intended behavior in a school shooting among students who support or oppose concealed campus carry. Security Journal. DOI: org/10.1057/s41284-024-00427-3
  4. Richards, J.A., Kuo, E., Stewart, C., Shulman, L., Parrish, R., Whiteside, U., Boggs, J.M., Simon, G.E., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., & Betz, M.E. (2024). Reducing firearm access for suicide prevention: Implementation evaluation of the web-based “lock to live” decision aid in routine health care encounters. JMIR Medical Informatics, 12. DOI: 10.2196/48007
  5. Holliday, R., Hostetter, T., Brenner, L. A., Bahraini, N., & Tsai, J. (2024). Suicide risk screening and evaluation among patients accessing VHA services and identified as being newly homeless. Health Services Research. DOI: org/10.1111/1475-6773.14301 

May 2024

  1. DeBeer, B., Mignogna, J., Talbot, M., Villarreal, E., Mohatt, N., Borah, E., Russell, P.D., Bryan, C.J., Monteith, L.L., Bongiovanni, K., Hoffmire, C., Peterson, A.L., Heise, J., Baack, S., Weinberg, K., Polk, M., & Benzer, J. K. (2024).  Suicide prevention programming: Comparing four prominent frameworks. Psychiatric Services. DOI: org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230173
  2. Khazanov, G., Spitzer, E., Thomas, S., Brenner, L. A., & Simonetti, J. A. (2024). Financial barriers and facilitators to secure firearm and medication storage among veterans with elevated suicide risk: A qualitative study. Injury Prevention. DOI: 10.1136/ip-2024-045232 

June 2024

  1. Vargas L.X., Sammel M.D., Richmond T.S., Ulrich C.M., Giano Z.D., Berkowitz L., et al. (2024). Traumatic experiences and place of occurrence: An analysis of sex differences among a sample of recently arrived immigrant adults from Latin America . PLoS ONE. DOI: .org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302363
  2. Barnard, L.M., Batta, N., McCarthy, M., Thies K., Robinson C., Schultze M., Betz, M.E., & Knoepke, C.E. (2024). Implementation of extreme risk protection orders in Colorado from 2020 to 2022: Firearm relinquishment and return and petitioner characteristics . Preventive Medicine Reports. DOI: org/ 10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102800
  3. Monteith, L. L., Polzer, E. R., Rohs, C. M., Thomas, S. M., Holliday, R., Miller, C. N., Simonetti, J.A., & Brenner, L. A. (2024).  " Spouses have a huge role” in preventing firearm suicide among women veterans: Partners' perspectives, experiences, and needs  Women's Studies International Forum.  DOI: org/10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102920 

July 2024

  1. Wright-Kelly E., Buck-Atkinson J.T., Betz M.E., Little, K., Little, J.S., Kingston, B.E., Sigel, E., & Arredondo-Mattson, S. (2024) Firearm businesses as partners in suicide prevention: a cross-sectional study of the Gun Shop Project in Colorado, USA. Injury Prevention. doi: org/10.1136/ip-2023-045178
  2. Stanley I.H., Eisenhauer I.F., Brooks-Russell A., Sigel E.J. ( 2024). Gun carrying among military-connected youth with past-year suicidal ideation and suicide plans. JAMA Network  Open. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.24916
  3. Stanley I.H., Marx B.P. (2024). Beyond a dichotomous operationalization of suicide attempts.  Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. doi: 10.1037/abn0000927
  4. Haasz M., Betz M.E., Ambroggio L., Cafferty R., King C., Wong S., Leonard J., Brooks-Russell A., Sigel E. (2024). Acceptability and feasibility of video-based firearm safety education in a Colorado emergency department for caregivers of adolescents in firearm-owning households.  Injury Prevention. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-045204
  5. Sheline E.K., Sigel E.J., Bunik M.E., Leonard J., Dillon M., & Haasz M. Which Types of Providers Have Firearm Discussions in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic?   Academic Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.07.013
  6. Weigend Vargas, E., Degli Esposti, M., Hargarten, S., Vargas, L., Goldstick, J.E. (2024). Examining firearm-related deaths in Mexico, 2015–2022. Injury Epidemiology. doi: 10.1186/s40621-024-00519

August 2024

  1. Walsh, A. K., Friedman, K., Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Godin, S. J., Morganstein, J. C., Bryan, C. J., Anestis, M. D., Foley, K., Johnson, R. L., Baker, J. C., Bryan, A., Betz, M. E., Wright-Kelly, E. (2024). Project safe guard: Evaluating a lethal means safety intervention to reduce firearm suicide in the National Guard Military Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae172
  2. Swanson, J. W., Zeoli, A. M., Frattaroli, S., Betz, M., Easter, M., Kapoor, R., Knoepke, C., Norko, M., Pear, V. A., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Schleimer, J. P., Wintemute, G. J. (2024). Suicide Prevention Effects of Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws in Four States The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.240056-24
  3. Waddle, S. D., Thomas, A., Campbell, B. T., Betz, M. E., Johnson, J. K., Royan, R., Ellyin, A., Jang, A., Crandall, M.L., Stey, A. M. (2024). Exploratory qualitative study of firearm storage practices among surgeons in the USA: contexts and motivations. Injury Prevention . doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-045205

September 2024

  1. Vargas, L., Epperson, C.N., Richmond, T.S., Sharif, S., Berkowitz, L., Giano, Z., Hargarten, S., Ungar, M., Weigend-Vargas, E., Sakai, J. (2024). Extortion experiences of recent adult immigrants from Latin America: self-reported prevalence, associated costs, and current mental health. Injury Epidemiology.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00524-2
  2. Kafka, J.M., Nestadt, P.S., Rosen, E.M., Karon, S., Rush, M.J., Trangenstein, P.J. (2024). Deaths Related to Domestic Violence in Washington State American Journal of Preventative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2024.07.024.
  3. Kafka J.M., Adhia A., Martin D.D., Mustafa A., Rowhani-Rahbar A., Rivara F.P. (2024). Deaths Related to Domestic Violence in Washington State JAMA Network Open. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.29974
  4. Stanley I.H., Embrey E.P., Bebarta V.S. (2024). Actualizing Military Suicide Prevention Through Digital Health Modernization. JAMA Psychiatry. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.2679
  5. Zeoli A.M., Molocznik A., Paruk J., Omaki E., Frattaroli S., Betz M.E., Christy A., Kapoor R., Knoepke C., Ma W., Norko M.A., Pear V.A., Rowhani-Rahbar A., Schleimer J.P., Swanson J.W., Wintemute G.J. (2024). A Multi-state Evaluation of Extreme Risk Protection Orders: A Research Protocol. Injury Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00535-z

October 2024

  1. Haasz M., Johnson R.L., Simonetti J.A., Betz M.E., Cafferty R., Brooks-Russell A., Wright-Kelly E. (2024). Perceptions of Firearm Safety and Youth Suicide Among Adults With a Child in Their Home. Pediatrics. doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-066930
  2. Stanley, I. H., Isler, W. C., Marx, B. P., Button, C. J., Obergfell, D., Simonson, J., Sonnek, S. M., & Meyer, E. G. (2024). Firearm screening and intervention beliefs and practices among U.S. Air Force (USAF) mental health providers and behavioral health technicians. Psychological Services. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000904 
  3. Betz, M.E., Portz, J., Knoepke, C. E., Ranney, M. L., Fischer, S. M., Peterson, R. A., Johnson, R. L., Omeragic, F., Castenada, M., Greenway, E., & Matlock, D. The effect of the “Safety in Dementia” online tool to assist decision-making for caregivers of persons with dementia and access to firearms: a randomized trial. Annals of Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-24-00763
  4. Knoepke, C. E., Meza, K., Portz, J. D., Ranney, M. L., Fisher, S. M., Omeragic, F., Greenway, E., Castaneda, M., Matlock, D. D., & Betz, M. E. (2024). Whether and how to store firearms in the home: Qualitative insights from care partner experiences in the Safety in Dementia Trial. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 10.1111/jgs.19242. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19242 
  5. Weigend Vargas, E., Goldstick, J., & Vargas, L. (2024). Firearm-related threats before migrating to the USA from Latin America and the Caribbean. Injury Prevention, 0, 1-4. DOI: 10.1136/ip-2024-045369
  6. Betz, M. E. & Ranney, M. L. (2024). Collaboration for firearm injury prevention – Asking questions to save lives. . JAMA Network Open, 7(10), e2441208. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.41208
  7. Graham, L. M, Kafka, J. M., & AbiNader, M. A. (2024). Co-occurrence of intimate partner violence and suicide mortality among adolescents and young adults in the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health, 25, S1054-139X(24)00453-1. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.09.019 
  8. Stanley, I. H. & Betz, M. E. (2025). Firearm suicide prevention. In N. D. Thomson (Ed.). Handbook of gun violence (pp. 209-218). Elsevier.
  9. Simonetti, J. (2025). Firearm suicide. In N. D. Thomson (Ed.). Handbook of gun violence (pp. 59-74). Elsevier.

November 2024

  1. Hollo, A.A., Dillon, M., Hoffmann, J.A., Blanchard, A., & Haasz, M. (2024). Association between unintentional firearm injury characteristics and deaths in adolescents. Injury Epidemiology, 11, 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00543-z
  2. Haasz, M., Fraser Doh, K., Hanson, H. R., Pomerantz, W. J., Agarwal, N., Becksworth, K., Chaudhary, S., Clukies, L., Fleegler, E. W., Formica, M. K., Gallardo, A., Kiragu, A., Laraque-Arena, D., Levas, M. N., Levine, M. C., Mckay, S., McFadden, T., Monroe, K., & Lee, L. K. (2024). Pediatric firearm injuries and socioeconomic vulnerability before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 88, 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2024.11.028
  3. Baker, J. C., Anestis, M. D., Meza, K. A., Moceri-Brooks, J., Bletz, A., Friedman, K., Ho, R. A., Bryan, A. O., Bryan, C. J., Betz, M. E. (2024). Military spouse and key stakeholder perspectives of effective messaging for US service members on secure storage of personal firearms: A qualitative study. Injury Prevention, 0, 1-6. doi: 10.1136/ip-2024-045351

December 2024

  1. Wright-Kelly, E., Buck-Atkinson, J., Brooks-Russell, A., MacFarland, A., Friedman, K., France, E., Calonge, N., Cortiglio, C., & Betz, M. E. (2024). Research-practice partnerships to advance a state-level public health approach to firearm injury prevention in the United States: A Colorado case study. Public Health Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549241303278

January 2023

  1. McCarthy, V., Portz, J., Fischer, S.M., Greenway, E., Johnson, R.L., Knoepke, C.E., Matlock, D.D., Omeragic, F., Peterson, R.A., Ranney, M.L., & Betz, M.E. (2023). A web-based decision aid for caregivers of persons with dementia with firearm access (Safe at Home Study): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial JMIR Research Protocols, (12). doi:10.2196/43702
  2. Sigel, E.J., Mattson, S.A., & Runyan, C.W. (2023). Utilizing the electronic medical record to enhance health care provider delivery of messages about the safe storage of firearms. Clinical Pediatrics, 62 (8), 894-900.  doi:10.1177/00099228221146998

February 2023

  1. Betz, M.E., Barnard, L.M., Knoepke, C.E., Rivara, F.P., & Rowhani-Rahbar, A. Creation of online maps for voluntary out-of-home firearm storage: Experiences and opportunities. Preventive Medicine Reports. doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102167
  2. Betz, M.E., Stanley, I.H., Buck-Atkinson, J., Johnson, R., Byan, C.J., Baker, J.C., Bryan, A.O., Hunter, K., & Anestis, M.D. (2023). Firearm owners' preferences for locking devices: Results of a national survey. Annals of Internal Medicine, 176(3), 424-427. doi:10.7326/M22-3113

March 2023

  1. Anestis, M.D., Moceri-Brooks, J., Johnson, R.L., Bryan, C.J., Stanley, I.H., Buck-Atkinson, J.T., Baker, J.C., & Betz, M.E. (2023). Assessment of firearm storage practices in the U.S., 2022. JAMA Network Open, 6(3). doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1447
  2. Barnard, L.M., Johnson, R.L., Brandspigel, S., Rooney, L.A., McCarthy, M., Rivara, F.P., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Knoepke, C.E., Peterson, R.A., & Betz, M. (2023). Practices, knowledge, and concerns for out-of-home firearm storage among those with access to firearms: Results from a survey in two states. Injury Epidemiology, 10(1). doi:10.1186/s40621-023-00426-9

April 2023

  1. Simonetti, J., Wright-Kelly, E., Maksimuk, T., & Betz ME. (2023). Firearm access, storage practices, and suicidal ideation among California veterans in 2021. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. 
  2. McCarthy, V., Wright-Kelly, E., Steinhart, B., Haasz, M., Ma, M., & Brooks-Russell, A. (2023). Assessment of reported time to access a loaded gun among Colorado adolescents. JAMA Pediatrics,177(5), 543-545. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.0080

May 2023

  1. Haasz, M., Sigel, E., Betz, M.E. , Leonard, J., Brooks-Russell, A., & Ambroggio, L. (2023). Acceptability of long versus short firearm safety education videos in the emergency department: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 82(4):482-493. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.03.023

June 2023

  1. Haasz, M., Dulchavsky, A., Stevens, J., Nolan, M., Leonard, J., Phillips, R., Knoepke, C., Schroeppel, T., Zuk, J., Abbey, W., & Ambroggio, L. (2023). Long-term physical and mental health outcomes of pediatric firearm-injured victims: A prospective cohort study Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 95 (4). doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000004090
  2. Stanley, I.H., Lebeaut, A., Betz, M.E., Wright, A., & Vujanovic, A.A. (2023). Firearm ownership and storage practices among United States firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Psychological Services, 1(10). doi:10.1037/ser0000780
  3. Haasz, M., Myers, M.G., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Zimmerman, M.A., Seewald, L., Sokol, R.L., Cunningham, R.M., & Carter, P.M. (2023). Firearms availability among high-school age youth with recent depression or suicidality Pediatrics, 151(6).  doi:10.1542/peds.2022-059532
  4. Trinka, T., Oesterle, D.W., Silverman, A.C., Vriniotis, M.G., Orchowski, L.M., Beidas, R.S., Betz, M.E., Hudson, C., Kesner, T., & Ranney, M.L. (2023) Bystander intervention to prevent firearm injury: A qualitative study of 4-H shooting sports participants Journal of Community Psycholology, 51 (7), 2652-2666. doi:/10.1002/jcop.23069
  5. Aunon, F.M., Azrael, D., Simonetti, J.A., & Miller, M. (2023). Beliefs among veteran firearm owners regarding whether clinicians should discuss firearm safety with patients. JAMA Network Open, 6(6).  doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21219
  6. Khazanov, G., Gordon, M., & Simonetti, J. (2023). Using financial incentives to increase safe storage of firearms and medications among veterans at risk for suicide. Psychiatric Services, 74(6), 670-671.  doi:10.1176/appi.ps.20230043

July 2023

  1. Thackeray, J., Livingston, N., Ragavan, M.I., Schaechter, J., & Sigel, E., Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, & Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention. (2023). Intimate partner violence: Role of the pediatrician. Pediatrics, 152(1). doi:10.1542/peds.2023-062509
  2. Buck-Atkinson, J., McCarthy, M., Stanley, I.H., Harnke, B., Anestis, M.D., Bryan, C.J., Baker, J.C., & Betz, M.E. Firearm locking device preferences among firearm owners in the USA: A systematic review Injury Epidemiology, 10(1), 33. doi:10.1186/s40621-023-00436-7
  3. Polzer, E.R., Rohs, C.M., Thomas. S.R., Holliday, R., Miller, C.N., Simonetti, J.A., Iverson, K.M., Brenner, L.A., & Monteith, L.L. (2023). Women veterans' experiences discussing household firearms with their intimate partners: Collaborative, devalued, and deferential relational types. Injury Epidemiology, 10 (1), 39. doi:10.1186/s40621-023-00452-7
  4. Barnard, L.M., Knoepke, C.E., McCarthy, M., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Siry-Bove, B.J., & Betz, M.E. Views of voluntary, views of voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage among individuals living in a firearm-owning home: Results from a qualitative study in two states. Injury Prevention, 29(5), 431-436. doi:10.1136/ip-2023-044868
  5. Barnard, L.M., Wright-Kelly, E., Brooks-Russell, A., & Betz, M.E. (2023). Characterization of mass shootings by state 2014-2022. JAMA Network Open, 6(7). doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.25868

August 2023

  1. Sward, A., Zik, J., McDonald, A.R., Niep, L., & Berkowitz, S. (2023). A developmentally informed approach to address mass firearm violence . Pediatric Clinics of North America. doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2023.06.009
  2. Lowry, N.J., Stanley, I.H., Mournet, A.M., Wharff, E.A., Sullivant, S.A., Teach, S.J., Pao, M., Horowitz, L.M., & Bridge, J.A.(2023). Firearms access among pediatric patients at risk for suicide. Archives of Suicide Research, 27(3), 1105-1114.  doi:10.1080/13811118.2022.2106924

September 2023

  1. Betz, M.E., Frattaroli, S., Knoepke, C.E., Johnson, R., Christy, A., Schleimer, J.P., Pear, V.A., McCarthy, M., Kapoor, R., Norko, M.A., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Ma, W., Wintemute, G.J., Swanson, J.W., & Zeoli, A.M. (2023).  Extreme risk protection orders in older adults in six U.S. states: A descriptive study. Clinical Gerontologist, 1-8. doi:10.1080/07317115.2023.2254279

October 2023

  1. Bond, A.E., Stanley, I., Bandel, S.L., & Anestis, M. (2023). Law enforcement and firearms: Understanding firearm ownership and storage habits.  Injury Prevention. doi:10.1136/ip-2023-044919
  2. Bowen, D. M., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., McCourt, A., Betz, M., & Rivara, F. P. (2023). Variations in state laws on mental health–related firearm prohibition . JAMA Internal Medicine, 183(12),1402-1404. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.5092

November 2023

  1. Villarreal, R.I., Stanley, I.H., Anestis, M., Buck-Atkinson, J. & Betz, M.E. (2023). Older adults’ preferences regarding firearm locking device use: Results of a national survey . Clinical Gerontologist. doi:10.1080/07317115.2023.2285994
  2. Betz, M.E., Bowen, D.M., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., McCourt, A.D., & Rivara, F.P. (2023). State reporting requirements for involuntary holds, court-ordered guardianship, and the US national firearm background check system JAMA Health Forum. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3945
  3. Hoffmann, J.A., Carter, C.P., Olsen, C.S., Chaudhari, P.P., Chaudhary, S., Duffy, S., Glomb, N., Goyal, M.K., Grupp-Phelan, J., & Haasz, M., et al. (2023).  Pediatric firearm Injury emergency department visits from 2017 to 2022: A multicenter study. Pediatrics, (27)3, 1105-1114. doi:10.1542/peds.2023-063129
  4. Wortzel, H.S., Simonetti, J.A., Knoepke, C.E., Simpson, J.R., Brar, L., Westmoreland, P., & Matarazzo, B. (2023). Extreme risk protection orders: Legislative intent and clinician guidance. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 29(6), 480-488. doi:10.1097/PRA.0000000000000749

December 2023

  1. Betz, M. E., Meza, K., Friedman, K., Moceri-Brooks, J., Johnson, M. L., Simonetti, J.A., Baker, J.C., Bryan, C.J., & Anestis, M. D. (2023). ‘Whether it’s your weapon or not, it’s your home’: US military spouse perspectives on personal firearm storage. BMJ Mil Health. doi:10.1136/military-2023-002591
  2. Hoffmann, J.A., Carter, C.P., Olsen, C.S., Chaudhari, P.P., Chaudhary, S., Duffy, S., Glomb, N., Goyal, M.K., Grupp-Phelan, J., Haasz, M., Ketabchi, B., Kravitz-Wirtz, N., Lerner, E.B., Shihabuddin, B., Wendt, W., Cook, L.J., Alpern, E.R., & PECARN Registry Study Group. (2023). Pediatric firearm injury emergency department Visits From 2017 to 2022: A Multicenter Study Pediatrics, 152(6). doi:10.1542/peds.2023-063129
  3. Polzer, E.R., Holliday, R., Rohs, C.M., Thomas, S.M., Miller, C.N., Simonetti, J.A., Brenner, L.A., & Monteith, L. (2023) Women veterans’ perspectives,  PLoS ONE, 18(12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295042

July 2022 

  1. Betz, M.E., Brandspigel, S., Barnard, L.M., Johnson, R.L., Knoepke, C.E., Peterson, R.A., Rivara, F.P., & Rowhani-Rahbar, A. (2022). Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: A survey of law enforcement agencies in two states Injury Epidemiology, 9. doi:10.1186/s40621-022-00389-3
  2. Betz, M.E., Boggs, J.M., & Goss, F.R. (2022). Predicting firearm suicide—Small steps forward with big data. JAMA Network Open, 5(7).  doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.23758

August 2022 

  1. Simonetti, J.A., Azrael, D., Zhang, W., & Miller, M. Receipt of clinician-delivered firearm safety counseling among U.S. veterans: Results from a 2019 national survey Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 52(6), 1121-25. doi:10.1111/sltb.12906

September 2022 

  1. Betz, M.E., Thomas, A.C., & Simonetti, J.A. (2022). Firearms, suicide, and approaches for prevention JAMA, 328(12), 1179-80. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.16663

October 2022 

  1. Thomas, A.C., Siry-Bove, B.J., Barnard, L.M., Rooney, L., McCarthy, M., Mustafa, A., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Rivara, F.P., Betz, M.E., & Knoepke, C. (2022). A qualitative study on diverse perspectives and identities of firearm owners. Injury Prevention, 28(5), 434-439. doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2022-044522

November 2022 

  1. Betz, M.E., Polzer, E.R., Knoepke, C.E., Prater, L.C., Simonetti, J.A., Lee, T.M., Meador, L.E., & Nearing, K.A. (2022). Cars, guns, aging, and “Giving Up the Keys” The Gerontologist, 63(4), 717-730. doi:10.1093/geront/gnac142 

December 2022

  1. Prater, L.C., Simonetti, J.A., Knoepke, C.E.,Polzer, E.R., Nearing, K.A., Lee, T., & Betz, M. (2022). Older adults and planning for firearm safety: A qualitative study of healthcare providers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. doi:10.1111/jgs.18188
  2. Betz, M.E., Stanley, I.H., Anestis, M.D., Bryan, C.J., Buck-Atkinson, J., Carey, N., Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M., Morrissey, B., Holloway, K., Houtsma, C., Kennedy, R., Paine, C.M., Ramchand, R., Simonetti, J., Walsh, A., & Wright-Kelly, E. (2022). Firearm suicide prevention in the U.S. military: Recommendations from a national summit Military Medicine, 188(9-10), 231–235. doi:10.1093/milmed/usac371 
  3. Barnard, L.M., Johnson, R.L., Brandspigel, S., Rooney, L.A., McCarthy, M., Meador, L., Rivara, F.P., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Knoepke, C.E., Fortney, J.C., Peterson, R.A., & Betz, M.E. (2022). Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: A survey of firearm retailers and ranges in two states. Preventive Medicine, 165. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107220
  4. Zeoli, A.M., Frattaroli, S., Barnard, L., Bowen, A., Christy, A., Easter, M., Kapoor, R., Knoepke, C. …Wintemute, G.J. (2022). Extreme risk protection orders in response to threats of multiple victim/mass shooting in six U.S. states: A descriptive study. Preventive Medicine, 165. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107304
  5. Barnard, L.M., Leavitt, C., Spark, T.L, Leary, J.B., & Wallace, E.A. (2022). Who discovers the firearm suicide decedent: An epidemiologic characterization of survivor-victims Injury Epidemiology, 9(1), 45. doi:10.1186/s40621-022-00408-3

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