+ The Association Between Presence of Children in the Home and Firearm-Ownership and -Storage Practices
- Author:
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Connor, Susan M.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ownership, State, Storage, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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CHILDREN -- Wounds & injuries, FIREARMS accidents, HOUSEHOLDS, OHIO, Safety
522 responses to randomized telephone surveys of urban and rural households in northeast Ohio served as the basis for an examination of the influence of geography and presence of children younger than...
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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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+ They're too smart for that: predicting what children would do in the presence of guns
- Author:
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Connor, S. M. / Wesolowski, K. L.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Age Group, State, Storage, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Children, gun
The authors examined parents’ beliefs about how children would react to finding guns, using a randomized telephone survey of Northeast Ohio residents and focusing on the 317 urban and 311 rural respondents...
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+ The relationship between health risk behaviors and fear in one urban seventh grade class
- Author:
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Dowdell, E. B. / Santucci, M. E.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Pediatr Nurs
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Gun Carrying, Mental Health, Students, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Behavior, Fear, risk factor
In this descriptive study, the authors used Youth Risk Behaviors Surveillance System Questionnaire (YRBSS) to collect information about health risk behaviors, unintentional and intentional injury from...
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+ Self-report weapon possession in school and patterns of early adolescent adjustment in rural african american youth
- Author:
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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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+ 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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+ 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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+ Factors Influencing Gun Carrying Among Young Urban Males over the Adolescent-Young Adult Life Course
- Author:
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Lizotte, A. J. / Krohn, M.D. / Howell, J.C. / Tobin, K. / Howard, G.J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Criminology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Gun Carrying, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, Violence, traumatic/psychological symptoms
Using data collected from interviewing male adolescents and adults responsible for their care as well as data on these adolescents derived from inspecting school, police, court and social service agency...
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