+ Injury prevention advice in top-selling parenting books
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Hunter, W. M. / Helou, S. / Saluja, G. / Runyan, C. W. / Coyne-Beasley, T.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Storage, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Child, Injury, Literature, PREVENTION, Parents
The authors reviewed 46 top selling parenting books on health and/or safety published between 1984 and 2003. Of books geared toward parents of younger children, none of the top 10 messages related to...
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+ Prevalence of household firearms and firearm-storage practices in the 50 states and the District of Columbia: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002
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Okoro, C. A. / Nelson, D. E. / Mercy, J. A. / Balluz, L. S. / Crosby, A. E. / Mokdad, A. H.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Storage, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Adults, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Children, Household firearms, Storage
Data from the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were analyzed in order to examine the prevalence of household firearms and firearm-storages practices in the U.S. The data were also used...
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+ Cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injury
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Pickett, W. / Craig, W. / Harel, Y. / Cunningham, J. / Simpson, K. / Molcho, M. / Mazur, J. / Dostaler, S. / Overpeck, M. D. / Currie, C. E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Gun Carrying, International, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, International, Violence, Weapon carrying, Wounds & Injuries
As part of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey, 24,750 children in 7 countries (Belgium, Estonia, Irael, Latvia, Macedonia, Portugal and the United States) were surveyed about their weapon...
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+ Twenty-year trends in fatal injuries to very young children: The persistence of racial disparities
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Pressley, J. C. / Barlow, B. / Kendig, T. / Paneth-Pollak, R.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Age Group, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Vital statistics data (1981-2003) were used to estimate injury death rates to children aged 0-4, by race group. Just 1.6% of all cause injury deaths among young children were caused by firearms; 83.4%...
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+ Are "accidental" gun deaths as rare as they seem? A comparison of medical examiner manner of death coding with an intent-based classification approach
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Schaechter, J. / Duran, I. / De Marchena, J. / Lemard, G. / Villar, M. E.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Homicide, Local, Medical, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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intent-based classification, medical examiner, pediatric firearm death, unintentional gun death
The authors compared the proportion of pediatric unintentional gun deaths in Miami-Dade County based on manner of death coding by a medical examiner (ME) and an intent-based classification (IBC) for all...
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