+ Evaluation of age-appropriate firearm safety interventions
- Author:
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Howard, P. K.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatr Emerg Care
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Students
- Keywords:
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Age Factors, Child Behavior, Health Education/ methods, Pediatric Nursing/methods, Safety
The authors compared three possible methods to teach firearm safety to children. 67 kindergarten and first grade students were divided into four groups and tested about their firearm safety knowledge...
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+ School connectedness and the transition into and out of health-risk behaviour among adolescents: A comparison of social belonging and teacher support
- Author:
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McNeely C / Falci C
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of School Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Prevention, Students, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Student, risky behavior, school, social belonging, teacher support
The authors examined the association between perceived teacher support and social belonging in the school community, and the initiation, escalation and reduction of participation in six adolescent health-risk...
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+ The relationship between health risk behaviors and fear in one urban seventh grade class
- Author:
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Dowdell, E. B. / Santucci, M. E.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Pediatr Nurs
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Gun Carrying, Mental Health, Students, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Behavior, Fear, risk factor
In this descriptive study, the authors used Youth Risk Behaviors Surveillance System Questionnaire (YRBSS) to collect information about health risk behaviors, unintentional and intentional injury from...
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+ Effects of gun admonitions on the behaviors and attitudes of school-aged boys
- Author:
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Hardy, M. S.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Dev Behav Pediatr
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Social Science, Students
- Keywords:
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African-American, Behavior, admonition, boy, gun
The author evaluated the impact of gun admonitions on boys’ preferences for and behavior in the presence of a gun, using a sample of 55, mostly African-American, boys from a summer camp for disadvantaged...
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+ Adolescents Carrying Handguns and Taking Them to School: Psychosocial Correlates among Public School Students in Illinois
- Author:
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Williams, S. S. / Mulhall, P. F. / Reis, J. S. / DeVille, J. O.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- J Adolesc
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, State
- Keywords:
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Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Firearms, Illinois
The authors examined psychosocial correlates of adolescents carrying a handgun and bringing a handgun to school, using data from a survey of 21,981 public school students in 6th, 8th, and 10th grades...
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