Dual pandemic of firearm injury and COVID-19 in Central and Southeastern Ohio: An interrupted time series analysis
Hannah Williams, Megan Armstrong, Robin Alexander, Jonathan Groner, Bo Lu, Sherri Kovach, Roxanna Giambri, Henry Xiang · 2026
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Hannah Williams and colleagues examined how gun injuries changed in central and southeastern Ohio as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, a pairing sometimes called a dual pandemic. They drew on a regional trauma registry covering twenty sixteen to twenty twenty-one, with nearly four thousand patients hurt by firearms. They modelled how injury counts, patient handling, and related problems shifted when lockdowns began and ended.
Nearly every measure jumped or changed direction at the start of the pandemic period, and shifted again when it closed, while hospital stays stayed about the same length. The authors point to rising substance use and more deliberate, non-accidental shootings as part of the surge, with signs of strain on trauma services as lockdown wore on. They call for region-specific work on what drove the rise.
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| CREATOR | Hannah Williams, Megan Armstrong, Robin Alexander, Jonathan Groner, Bo Lu, Sherri Kovach, Roxanna Giambri, Henry Xiang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25197 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |