+ A quantification of preventable unintentional childhood injury mortality in the United States
- Author:
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Philippakis A / Hemenway D / Alexe DM / Dessypris N / Spyridopoulos T / Petridou E
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Public Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Mortality, Northeast, Youth, demographic
The authors evaluated the extent to which unintentional childhood injury deaths in the U.S. were preventable, using state data from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control over the period...
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+ Suicide and Firearm Prevalence: Are Youth Disproportionately Affected?
- Author:
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Birckmayer, Johanna / Hemenway, David
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
- Topics:
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Adolescent, Age Group, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Gun ownership, Suicide, Youth, firearm suicide
Using data on U.S. deaths from the National Center for Health Statistics and estimates of regional gun ownership levels in the 9 U.S. Census regions from the General Social Survey 1979 to 1994, the authors...
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+ Suicide among African American men
- Author:
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Joe, Sean / Kaplan, Mark S.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Topics:
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Adolescents, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, African American, Suicide, Youth
Rates of suicide among African American men exhibit different patterns than rates of suicide among white men. Suicide rates for white men increase across the life span (and rapidly after age 65), whereas...
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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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+ Poverty and youth violence exposure: experiences in rural communities
- Author:
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Carlson, Karen Townsend
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Children & Schools
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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POVERTY, RURAL population, RURAL youth, SOCIAL problems, Violence
The author analyzed the responses to a survey taken by 476 rural youths in southeastern Ohio for a study of violence exposure. In an assessment of attitudes towards guns and violence, the statements...
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+ The influence of family violence on youth attitudes
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Slovak, Karen / Carlson, Karen / Helm, Linda
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
- Topics:
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Age Group, Domestic Violence, State, Students
- Keywords:
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Attitude, OHIO, Violence, Youth
In this study, approximately 450 middle and high school students from rural Ohio were surveyed about their attitudes towards guns and violence as well as about their past-year exposure to violence. The...
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+ Neighborhood Disorganization, and Violence Among Adolescents in Puerto Rico
- Author:
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Reyes JC / Robles RR / Colon HM / Negron J / Matos TD / Calderon J / Perez O
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Topics:
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Age Group, Local, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Puerto Rice, Resilience, Social Cohesion, Youth Violence
Using survey and interview data from a longitudinal study of risk and resilience among adolescents in poor neighborhoods in Puerto Rico, the authors assess the impact of neighborhood-level social and...
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+ Association between youth-focused firearm laws and youth suicides
- Author:
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Webster DW / Vernick JS / Zeoli AM / Manganello JA
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Jama
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Laws, Suicide, Youth, guns
The authors explored the association between youth-focused state and federal firearm laws mandating a minimum age for the purchase or possession of handguns and state child access prevention (CAP) laws...
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+ Serious youth gun offenders and the epidemic of youth violence in Boston
- Author:
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Braga, A. A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Local
- Keywords:
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Boston, Epidemic, Violence, Youth, offender
The author analyzed criminal history data of a sample of 720 gun assault and gun possession offenders younger than 24 years old, arrested between 1984 and 1995 in Boston, to examine whether the criminal...
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+ Self-report weapon possession in school and patterns of early adolescent adjustment in rural african american youth
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Estell, D. B. / Farmer, T. W. / Cairns, B. D. / Clemmer, J. T.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Gun Carrying, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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African American, Youth, aggression, risk factor, weapon carrier
The authors examined weapon carrying in school among rural African American youth, selecting a sample of 345 (189 boys, 156 girls) sixth-grade children from the two poorest counties in a Southern state...
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+ Community based program to improve firearm storage practices in rural Alaska
- Author:
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Horn, A. / Grossman, D. C. / Jones, W. / Berger, L. R.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Health, Storage, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Alaska Native, Firearms, intervention, pilot program, youth access
The authors developed and evaluated a pilot program to reduce unauthorized access to firearms by youth by distributing gun safes and trigger locks to households in two Alaska Native villages in the Bristol...
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