Structural Barriers Associated with the Intersection of Traumatic Stress and Gun Violence: A Case Example of New Orleans
Abstract
:1. Structural Barriers Associated with the Intersection of Traumatic Stress and Gun Violence: A Case Example of New Orleans
1.1. Social Determinants of Health
1.2. Psychological Stress and Trauma: Hurricane Katrina and COVID Pandemic
1.3. Addressing Structural Inequalities: Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
1.4. Presence of Guns
1.5. Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
1.6. Structural Barriers to Research
1.7. Barriers to Accessing Care
1.8. Need for Community-Level Interventions
2. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Bailey, R.K.; Barker, C.H.; Grover, A. Structural Barriers Associated with the Intersection of Traumatic Stress and Gun Violence: A Case Example of New Orleans. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1645. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121645
Bailey RK, Barker CH, Grover A. Structural Barriers Associated with the Intersection of Traumatic Stress and Gun Violence: A Case Example of New Orleans. Healthcare. 2021; 9(12):1645. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121645
Chicago/Turabian StyleBailey, Rahn Kennedy, Chikira H. Barker, and Amit Grover. 2021. "Structural Barriers Associated with the Intersection of Traumatic Stress and Gun Violence: A Case Example of New Orleans" Healthcare 9, no. 12: 1645. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9121645