+ Public health implications of carrying concealed weapons: have we thought this policy through?
- Author:
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Hargarten, S. W.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- WMJ
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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- Keywords:
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Legislation & jurisprudence, PUBLIC health, Policy Making, Public Policy, Wisconsin
+ Gun-Related Eye Injury in the United States, 1993-2002
- Author:
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McGwin, Gerald / Hall, Tyler / Xie, Aiyuan / Owsley, Cynthia
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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EPIDEMIOLOGY, EYE -- Wounds & injuries, PUBLIC health, SECURITY systems, UNITED States
Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was used to examine gun-related eye injury (air guns and firearms), air gun-related eye injury (BB/pellet guns and rifles), and firearm-related...
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+ Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Public Health Approach
- Author:
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Cukier, W.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Brown Journal of World Affairs
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, International, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Arms control, ILLEGAL arms transfers, International cooperation, PUBLIC health -- International cooperation
The author summarizes the global burden of firearms involved in murder, suicide and accidents, both in terms of human lives lost, as well as regarding economic, social and political conditions. The author...
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+ The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative: A Model Application of Local Public Health Authority in Preventing Gun Violence
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Lewin, Nancy L. / Vernick, Jon S. / Beilenson, Peter L. / Mair, Julie S. / Lindamood, Melisa M. / Teret, Stephen P. / Webster, Daniel W.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Local, Public Health, Supply
- Keywords:
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AMMUNITION, BALTIMORE, Maryland, PUBLIC health, YOUTH & violence
In 2002, the Baltimore City Health Department, the Baltimore Police Department, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research launched the Youth Ammunition Initiative, a program designed to...
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+ Criminal deterrence as a public health strategy
- Author:
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Shepherd, Jonathan P.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Lancet
- Topics:
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Alcohol, International, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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CRIMINAL, Deterrence, Public Health Strategy
The author reviewed multiple data sources and published literature from the U.S. and other countries, concluding that the threat of criminal sanctions can have a general deterrent effect on populations...
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+ A Public Health Approach to Regulating Firearms as Consumer Products
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Vernick, J.S. / Teret, S.P. / Hall, A.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Consumer-product regulation, Firearms, public health approach
The authors highlight the similarities and differences between firearms and other consumer products, noting that firearms are specifically designed to injure or kill. The authors point out that while...
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+ Preventing Lethal Violence in Schools: The Case for Entry-Based Weapons Screening
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Mawson, A. R. / Lapsley, P. M. / Hoffman, A. M. / Guignard, J. C.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- J Health Polit Policy Law
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Criminology, Public Health, Students
- Keywords:
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CRIMINAL law, Firearms, PUBLIC health, Safety Management, Violence
The authors argue that lethal violence in schools should be reframed as a public safety issue rather than a criminal concern, in order that a public health approach can be adopted. They suggest that the...
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+ Self-reported Weapon Ownership, Use, and Violence Experience among Clients Accessing an Inner-city Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
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Jadack, R.A. . / Pare, B. / Kachur, S.P. / Zenilman, J.M. / .
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Research in Nursing and Health
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Medical, Ownership
- Keywords:
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PREVENTION, PUBLIC health, Violence, Weapons, sexually transmitted disease
To describe weapon ownership and violence experiences of persons attending an inner-city sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in a major metropolitan area, data was collected from 245 adults through...
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+ Guns in Wisconsin
- Author:
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Kennedy, M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- WMJ
- Topics:
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Homicide, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Gun Homicide, PHYSICIANS, PUBLIC health, Wisconsin, firearm injuries
The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Firearm Injury Center collected comprehensive data from a variety of state and local agencies about firearm-related fatalities that occurred in Wisconsin in 1999. The...
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+ The global burden of non-conflict related Firearm mortality
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Richmond, T. S. / Cheney, R. / Schwab, C. W.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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International, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Mortality, PUBLIC health, United Nations, WORLD Health Organization
United Nations world population data for the year 2000, data from the World Bank, and the World Health Organization were examined. Non-conflict related firearm deaths were estimated as between 196,000...
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+ Towards collation and modelling of the global cost of armed violence on civilians
- Author:
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Taback, N. / Coupland, R.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Med Confl Surviv
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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International, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Human Rights Abuses, International, PUBLIC health, Victims, Violence
The authors propose and test a methodology for translating global media reports of armed conflict into quantitative data. Variables include the broad type and number of weapons involved (firearm vs. explosive),...
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