+ Meeting hospital needs for standardized emergency codes--the HASC response
- Author:
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Truesdell, A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Healthc Prot Manage
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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- Keywords:
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California, Hospitals, Community/ standards, Safety Management, Security Measures/ standards, Violence
+ Who are the young victims of violence?
- Author:
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Zun, L. S. / Downey, L. / Rosen, J.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatr Emerg Care
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Child, Ethnic groups, Illinois, Violence
+ Judgments About Intimate Partner Violence: A Statewide Survey About Immigrants
- Author:
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Sorenson, Susan B.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Public Health Reports
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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- Keywords:
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ASIAN Americans, African Americans, FAMILY violence, IMMIGRANTS, KOREAN Americans
+ The cost of firearm deaths in the United States: Reduced life expectancies and increased insurance costs
- Author:
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Lemaire, J.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Gender, Homicide, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Cost, Life insurance, Life lost, UNITED States, Violence
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, and the U.S. Census Bureau were used to calculate the “cost” of firearms deaths in the U.S. in terms...
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+ The financial burden of injury-related hospitalizations to an Alaska Native health system
- Author:
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Chandler, B. A. / Berger, L. R.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Alaska Med
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Local, Medical, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Alaska, Firearms, Health Care Costs, Suicide, Violence
The authors evaluated how much the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Interior Alaska, a Native Alaskans’ health care system, paid for injury-related hospitalizations from 1994-1998. They identified 511 cases...
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+ What We Know About Gun Use Among Adolescents
- Author:
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Wilkinson, Deanna L. / Fagan, Jeffrey
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review
- Topics:
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Adolescent, Crime, Gender, Gun Carrying, Homicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Male, Violence, firearms acquisition and use, interviews
The authors provide a useful review of studies that used school-based surveys or samples of high-risk youth to assess adolescents’ gun-related behavior over the 1990’s. The authors conclude that, although...
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+ Attitudes of New York City High School Students Regarding Firearm Violence
- Author:
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Kahn, Doron J. / Kazimi, Marwan M. / Mulvihill, Michael N.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Adolescents
- Keywords:
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Accident Prevention, Adolescents, education, gun violence, inner-city
342 high school students at 3 inner-city public high schools in New York City were surveyed through anonymous questionnaires to gauge how many adolescents live in households with guns, what they know...
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+ Firearm Violence Exposure and Serious Violent Behavior
- Author:
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Bingenheimer, Jeffrey B. / Brennan, Robert T. / Felton, J. Earls
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Science
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Local, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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CHICAGO (Ill.), CHILD psychology, LONGITUDINAL method, TEENAGERS, Violence
A three-year study of 1,571 adolescents from 78 neighborhoods in Chicago was conducted in order to estimate the cause and effect relationship between exposure to firearm violence and subsequent...
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+ A multidisciplinary youth violence-prevention initiative: Impact on attitudes
- Author:
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Chang, D. C. / Cornwell, E. E. / Sutton, E. R. H. / Yonas, M. A. / Allen, F.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Prevention
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, PREVENTION, Violence
A total of 97 youths between the ages of 7 and 17 (average age 12.6 years) participated in a study to gauge the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary violence-prevention program. Participants were surveyed...
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+ Sociology. Controversial study suggests seeing gun violence promotes it
- Author:
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Holden, C.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Science
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Local, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Longitudinal Studies, Risk Factors, Statistics, Violence
The author described the article “Firearm Violence Exposure and Serious Violent Behavior” and highlighted the finding that a single exposure to firearm violence almost doubled the likelihood that an adolescent...
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+ The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative: A Model Application of Local Public Health Authority in Preventing Gun Violence
- Author:
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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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