+ Firearm violence in America: A growing health problem
- Author:
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Baroni, S. / Richmond, T. S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Public Health, State, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Community-Institutional Relations, Firearms, Health Promotion/organization & administration, Homicide/prevention & control/statistics & numerical data, Humans
According to the State Injury Profiles 2001 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firearm injury is the second leading cause of injury death following only motor vehicle crashes. Firearm...
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+ CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System: background and methodology
- Author:
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Paulozzi LJ / Mercy J / Frazier L / Annest JL
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Public Health, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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NVDRS, report, violent death
The authors describe the goals and methods of a new surveillance called the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its objective is the collection...
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+ 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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+ 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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+ 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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+ Firearms in US homes as a risk factor for unintentional gunshot fatality
- Author:
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Wiebe, Douglas J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ownership, Public Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Injury, household firearm, risk factor, risk of death
In this matched case-control study, the author examined the association between relative risk of death by an unintentional gunshot and having firearms in the home, using data from the National Mortality...
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+ Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Public Health Approach
- Author:
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Cukier, W.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Brown Journal of World Affairs
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, International, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Arms control, ILLEGAL arms transfers, International cooperation, PUBLIC health -- International cooperation
The author summarizes the global burden of firearms involved in murder, suicide and accidents, both in terms of human lives lost, as well as regarding economic, social and political conditions. The author...
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+ Sociology. Controversial study suggests seeing gun violence promotes it
- Author:
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Holden, C.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Science
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Local, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Longitudinal Studies, Risk Factors, Statistics, Violence
The author described the article “Firearm Violence Exposure and Serious Violent Behavior” and highlighted the finding that a single exposure to firearm violence almost doubled the likelihood that an adolescent...
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+ The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative: A Model Application of Local Public Health Authority in Preventing Gun Violence
- Author:
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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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+ Suicide in the French armed forces
- Author:
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Desjeux G / Labarere J / Galoisy-Guibal L / Ecochard R
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Eur J Epidemiol
- Topics:
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Age Group, International, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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France, Suicide, army
The authors examined the incidence of suicide in the French armed forces (i.e. Gendarmerie, Land Forces, Air Force, Navy, and Service) in this observational longitudinal study from 1997 to 2000. Army...
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+ Determination of national pediatric injury prevention priorities using the injury prevention priority score
- Author:
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Haider AH / Risucci D / Omer S, et al
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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AGE, Injury, falls, mechanicm, pediatric
The authors examined the applicability of the Injury Prevention Priority Score (IPPS) in prioritizing injury mechanism on a national level and within specific pediatric age groups, using data for patients...
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