+ Acute traumatic injuries in rural populations
- Author:
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Peek-Asa C / Zwerling C / Stallones L
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Public Health, U.S./National, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Mortality, rural, unintentional injury, urban
The authors assess the factors that contribute to differences in rates and patterns of injury among rural and urban populations, using 2001 data from federal agencies. The unintentional injury mortality...
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+ Risk factors for injury in rural Iowa: Round one of the Keokuk County Rural Health Study
- Author:
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Zwerling, Craig / Merchant, James A. / Nordstrom, David L. / Stromquist, Ann M. / Burmeister, Leon F. / Reynolds, Stephen J. / Kelly, Kevin M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional
- Keywords:
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Household firearms, Injuries, Risk Factors, gun use, rural
1583 adults 25 years and older were surveyed by the Keokuk County Rural Health Study to determine risk factors for injury among farmers, rural nonfarmers, and townspeople in rural Iowa. Participants were...
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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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+ Increasing Caring and Reducing Violence in Rural Schools
- Author:
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Schroth, G. / Fishbaugh, M.S
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Non-journal [Information Analyses (070) - Speeches/Meeting Papers]
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Students, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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CRIME, DEMOGRAPHY, elementary school education, rural areas, rural schools, school community relationship, school demography, social change, violence, youth problems.
The authors review the literature on violence in rural schools and communities in the United States. They note that the major contributory factors to crime in rural communities include the diminishing...
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+ Injury in America: The role of alcohol and other drugs - An EAST position paper prepared by the injury control and violence prevention committee
- Author:
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Soderstrom, C. A. / Cole, F. J. / Porter, J. M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection and Critical Care
- Topics:
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education/counselling, Mental Health, Prevention, states, Students
- Keywords:
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OHIO, RURAL youth, Schools, gun violence, rural
As reported by the authors -- a committee of trauma surgeons -- alcohol and substance abuse are an important cause of both fatal and non-fatal injury, including firearm injuries. Both alcohol and substance...
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+ Gun Violence and Children: Factors Related to Exposure and Trauma
- Author:
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Slovak, Karen
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Health & Social Work
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Firearms, MENTAL health, RURAL youth, SCHOOL children, YOUTH & violence
The author reports on the results of a self-report survey that evaluated issues of gun violence, monitoring by parents, and trauma incidence in a rural student assistance program population. Exposure...
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+ The Legal Context of School Violence: The Effectiveness of Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence in Schools
- Author:
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Redding, Richard E. / Shalf, Sarah M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Law & Policy
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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SCHOOL violence, Safety, bullying, rural/urban, students
The authors survey current and proposed legislation at the federal, state, and local level aimed at reducing gun violence in schools. While urban and inner-city youth claim to have easier access to weapons...
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+ Urban-Rural Shifts in Intentional Firearm Death: Different Causes, Same Results
- Author:
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Branas CC / Nance ML / Elliott MR / Richmond TS / Schwab CW
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Suicide, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Suicide, firearm, rural/urban
The authors examined intentional firearm deaths by urbanicity using federal data from 1989-99. While the most rural and most urban counties had similar rates of intentional firearm deaths, the rural ones...
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+ Patterns and Correlates of Gun Ownership among Nonmetropolitan and Rural Middle School Students
- Author:
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Cunningham, P.B. / Henggeler, S.W. / Limber, S.P. / Melton, G.B. / Nation, M.A.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Topics:
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Ownership, Students, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Gun ownership, nonmetropolitan, rural, school students
Data on gun ownership, reasons for owning guns and antisocial behavior were collected from 6, 263 elementary and middle school students in 6 nonmetropolitan school districts in a Southeastern state over...
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+ Rural population survey of behavioral and demographic risk factors for loaded firearms
- Author:
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Nordstrom, D. L. / Zwerling, C. / Stromquist, A. M. / Burmeister, L. F. / Merchant, J. A.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Inj Prev
- Topics:
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Ownership
- Keywords:
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Alcohol, Household firearms, Storage, loaded, rural
986 adults in 3 types of rural households (farm, town, and non-farm, non-town) in Iowa were interviewed to assess the prevalence and storage of firearms. About 67% of respondents possessed firearms,...
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+ Gun deaths in rural and urban settings: recommendations for prevention
- Author:
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Dresang, L. T.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- J Am Board Fam Pract
- Topics:
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Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Handgun, Physician, gun type, rural/urban
Six years of mortality data from Washington State were analyzed to compare rural and urban gun deaths by gun type and intent. Rural areas had a higher percentage of gun deaths from long guns, as well...
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