+ Self-inflicted accidental gunshot wounds
- Author:
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Chung, Yung A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Legal Medicine
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Education/Counseling, Local, Prevention, Public Health
- Keywords:
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medical examiner, self-inflicted gun death, toy gun, unintentional gunshot wound
The author examines toy gun designs that mirror current weapon designs, by reviewing all firearm deaths a Michigan county using medical examiner’s records from 1990 to 2000. He found an average of 500...
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+ Firearm Injury Prevention: Failure of Gun-Safety Education
- Author:
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Dowd MD / Sege R / Smith GA / Wright JL
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Pediatrics: American Academy of Pediatrics;
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Gun Carrying, Public Health, Storage
- Keywords:
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Children, SAFETY education, critique, gun handling
The authors comment on another researcher’s published study, which demonstrated that gun-safety education among young children does not prevent children’s subsequent handling of guns in naturalistic settings...
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+ Young people: victims of violence
- Author:
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Bailey S / Whittle N
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Current Opinion in Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Homicide, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Gender, Review, dating violence, hate crime
The authors review the recent findings of the youth violence research field. They highlight: the complex interactions of community and family violence, the influence of ethnic and cultural background,...
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+ The Root of School Violence: Causes and Recommendations for a Plan of Action
- Author:
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Bennett-Johnson E
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- College Student Journal
- Topics:
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Crime, Education/Counseling, Public Health, Students, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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SCHOOL violence, school management
The author reviews possible causes of school crime and interventions aimed at reducing or eliminating the incidence of school violence. Individual factors include: delinquent friends, aggressiveness of...
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+ Programs Target Youth Violence Prevention
- Author:
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Lamberg, Lynne
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Topics:
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Criminology, Education/Counseling, Law Enforcement, Local, Public Health
- Keywords:
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mentor, parenting skills, probation, youth violence prevention
The author describes several youth violence prevention programs across the country and evaluates their impact. These programs range from the Youth Violence Reduction Project in Philadelphia, Pa, which...
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+ Improving firearm storage habits: impact of brief office counseling by family physicians
- Author:
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Albright, T. L. / Burge, S. K.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Am Board Fam Pract
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Medical, Public Health, Storage, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Safety, Storage, family physician, intervention, office counseling
The authors examined the impact of brief office counseling by family physicians on patients’ firearm storage habits, using data from a community based, university-affiliated family practice residency...
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+ Evaluation of the "Respect Not Risk" firearm safety lesson for 3rd-graders
- Author:
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Liller, K. D. / Perrin, K. / Nearns, J. / Pesce, K. / Crane, N. B. / Gonzalez, R. R.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Sch Nurs
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Local, Public Health, Storage, Students
- Keywords:
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Attitude, Safety, gun, knowledge, school
The authors evaluated the "Respect Not Risk" Firearm Safety Lesson for 3rd-graders in Pinellas County, Florida, using qualitative and quantitative data from six schools representing various socioeconomic...
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+ Review of evaluations of educational approaches to promote safe storage of firearms
- Author:
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McGee, K. S. / Coyne-Beasley, T. / Johnson, R. M.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Prevention, Public Health, Storage
- Keywords:
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database review, intervention, safe storage
The authors reviewed evaluation studies of educational interventions promoting safe firearm storage, following a search of various major databases (Medline, ERIC, PsycINFO, Criminal Justice Periodicals...
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+ Gun Injuries: Are We Doing Enough?
- Author:
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Wright, Paige L.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Medical, Prevention, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Physician, gunshot injury
This long letter-to-the-editor summarizes the problem of gunshot injuries, and argues for an increased physician’s role in prevention. Gunshot wounds are responsible for 17% of nonfatal spinal cord injuries,...
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+ Physician Firearm Ownership as a Predictor of Firearm Injury Prevention Practice
- Author:
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Becher, E.C. / Cassel, C.K. / Nelson, E.A. / Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Ownership, Prevention, Public Health
- Keywords:
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PHYSICIANS, PREVENTION, Patient counseling, firearm injuries, firearm ownership
To explore the relationship between physicians’ gun ownership and their attitudes and practices regarding firearm injury prevention, a total of 915 doctors were interviewed. The results show that physician...
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