+ Gun Storage Practices and Risk of Youth Suicide and Unintentional Firearm Injuries
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Grossman, David C. / Mueller, Beth A. / Riedy, Christine / Dowd, M. Denise / Villaveces, Andres / Prodzinski, Janice / Nakagawara, Jon / Howard, John / Thiersch, Norman / Harruff, Richard
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Storage, Suicide
- Keywords:
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ACCIDENTS -- Prevention, CHILDREN -- Mortality, Ownership, SUICIDAL behavior, U.S. states
Data from incidents in which a child or adolescent younger than 20 years gained access to a firearm and shot himself/herself intentionally or unintentionally or shot another individual unintentionally...
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+ Severe injury among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children in Washington state
- Author:
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Karr, C. J. / Rivara, F. P. / Cummings, P.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Public Health Reports
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Ethnicity, State, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Child, Hispanic Americans/ statistics & numerical data, Trauma Severity Indices, Washington/epidemiology, Wounds and Injuries
Data from the Washington State Trauma Registry from 1995-1997 were used to identify injured individuals 19 years of age or less (231 children identified as Hispanic; 2,123 children identified as non-Hispanic...
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+ Keeping children safe around guns: Pitfalls and promises
- Author:
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Hardy, Marjorie S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Aggression & Violent Behavior
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Education/Counseling, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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CHILDREN & death, CHILDREN -- Wounds & injuries, DEATH -- Causes, HEALTH
The author reviewed the more commonly used approaches designed to prevent firearm violence and unintentional injury and examine their effectiveness. The approaches reviewed included legislative reform,...
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+ The effect of child access prevention laws on unintentional child firearm fatalities, 1979-2000
- Author:
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Hepburn, L. / Azrael, D. / Miller, M. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Legislation and Policy, State
- Keywords:
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Accident Prevention/ legislation & jurisprudence, Adolescent, Adult, Child Welfare/ legislation & jurisprudence, Cross-Sectional Studies
The authors used data from the National Center for Health Statistics mortality files from 1979-2000 in an analysis of the effect of Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws on unintentional firearm death rates...
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+ Risky Behavior, Juveniles, Guns, and Unintentional Firearms Fatalities
- Author:
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Ruddell R / Mays GL / Risky Behavior
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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accidental death, child access prevention legislation, firearms legislation, unintentional firearms fatalities
The authors examined the association between risky behaviors and unintentional firearms fatalities among juveniles in this state-level study. The authors found tha accidental firearms deaths were associated...
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+ 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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+ Gun availability and use of guns for murder and suicide in Canada: A replication
- Author:
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Bridges, F. Stephen
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Psychological Reports
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Gender, Homicide
- Keywords:
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Gun availability, HOMICIDE, MURDER, Suicide, Weapons
The author replicated a 2001 study by Lester and examined the association between the rate of accidental death from firearms and the percentage of firearms used in suicides and on homicide victims. Using...
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+ Risk Factors Associated with Non-Fatal Adolescent Firearm Injuries
- Author:
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Paris, C. A. / Edgerton, E. A. / Sifuentes, M. / Seidel, J. S. / Lewis, R. J. / Gausche, M.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Ethnicity
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Case-control study, Firearms, Risk Factors, Washington
In this case-control study, the authors compared 45 patients (aged 11-18 years) who visited a level I trauma center’s emergency department for treatment of non-fatal firearm injuries (cases) with 50 patients...
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+ Gun availability and use of guns for murder and suicide in Canada
- Author:
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Lester, D.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Psychological Reports
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Canada, Elderly, HOMICIDE, Suicide, accidental death
"The accidental death rate from guns in Canada was associated with the percentage of guns used by suicides and on homicide victims except for elderly persons.”
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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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+ An Examination of the Relationships between Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology, and Delinquent Activity: An 'Ecopathological' Model of Delinquent Behavior among Incarcerated
- Author:
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Wood, Jenifer / Foy, David W. / Layne, Christopher / Pynoos, Robert / James, C. Boyd
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
- Topics:
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Age Group, Mental Health
- Keywords:
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Adolescence, Firearms, Juvenile Justice, community violence, delinquency
The prevalence of violence exposure and PTSD symptomatology among a sample of incarcerated adolescents is compared with that among a matched sample of high school students. Adolescents who have come to...
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