A national analysis of pediatric firearm violence and the effects of race and insurance status on risk of mortality

The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Surgery Literature

“…Inequities affecting underserved racial and ethnic groups continue to be identified across the spectrum of medical research . From the disproportionate number of Black and Hispanic persons who have been hospitalized or died because of COVID-19 in 2020 to discrimination against Asian American persons and the comparatively poor perioperative outcomes even among low-risk racial and ethnic minority patients, attentiveness to race and ethnicity has illuminated inequities and disparities throughout our health care systems.…”

“…Recognition of health disparities through research has led to recent significant victories, such as the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019, which became public law in January 2021, requiring officials to examine barriers to government-funded clinical trials for traditionally underrepresented groups. Unfortunately, race and ethnicity continue to be infrequently reported in the medical literature to describe study participants, and when race is described, the quality of the reporting is variable …”

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nequities affecting underserved racial and ethnic groups continue to be identified across the spectrum of medical research. [1][2][3][4] From the disproportionate number of Black and Hispanic persons who have been hospitalized or died because of COVID-19 in 2020 [5][6][7][8] to discrimination against Asian American persons 9 and the comparatively poor perioperative outcomes even among low-risk racial and ethnic minority patients, 10,11 attentiveness to race and ethnicity has illuminated inequities and disparities throughout our health care systems. Recognition of health disparities through research has led to recent significant victories, such as the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019, 12 which became public law in January 2021, requiring officials to examine barriers to government-funded clinical trials for traditionally underrepresented groups.

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“…Unfortunately, race and ethnicity continue to be infrequently reported in the medical literature to describe study participants, and when race is described, the quality of the reporting is variable. [1][2][3][4][13][14][15][16] In 1978 (updated in 2019), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) developed recommendations for uniformity in manuscript submissions and promoting increased frequency and quality reporting of race. Current recommendations are that "[a]uthors should define how they determined race or ethnicity and justify their relevance," 17 and that a study "should aim for inclusion of representative populations into all study types and at a minimum provide descriptive data for these and other relevant demographic variables."…”

Social Vulnerability Index is strongly associated with urban pediatric firearm violence: An analysis of five major US cities

“…Several studies have demonstrated a relationship between pediatric firearm assaults and social determinants of health, such as low income, having public insurance, living in urban environments, and geodemographic disadvantage. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] There is significant heterogeneity among these studies, however, limiting both generalizability and utility in developing targeted prevention efforts. Studies of large national databases are lacking crucial demographic and granular geographic information, while those from single-institution trauma registries have small sample sizes and vary in the social and structural factors used to conduct these analyses.…”