+ Adolescent substance abuse and suicide
- Author:
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Rowan, Amy B.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269)
- Topics:
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Adolescent, Alcohol, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, Suicide, firearm suicides
This literature review includes factors linked to adolescent substance abuse and suicide, including behavior and mood disorders, age, gender, sexual orientation, culture, family history and guns in the...
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+ Emotional distress, alcohol use, and peer violence among Mexican-American and European-American adolescents
- Author:
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Tschann, J. M. / Flores, E. / Pasch, L. A. / VanOss Marin, B.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Adolesc Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Alcohol, European-American, Mexican-American, Violence
The article examines the association between emotional distress, alcohol use, and peer violence among 12-15 year olds. A total of 297 respondents were sampled from the membership list of a health care...
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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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+ Gunshot fatalities in children and adolescents in New York City
- Author:
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Gill, J. R. / Lenz, K. A. / Amolat, M. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Ethnicity, Homicide, Local
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Children, EPIDEMIOLOGY, drugs, gunshot wound
The authors examined the epidemiology and characteristics of all deaths from gunshot wounds for people younger than 19 years of age between 1996 and 2000 in New York using medical examiner’s reports...
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+ Many young people have access to alcohol, guns
- Author:
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- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Alcohol, Children, Risk Factors, guns
This editorial refers to an article published in 2002 in Injury Prevention on risk factors of increased access to alcohol and guns. The study found that both alcohol and guns were most commonly accessible...
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+ Prevalence of Youth Access to Alcohol or a Gun in the Home
- Author:
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Swahn, M. H. / Hammig, B. J. / Ikeda, R. M.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Firearms, Risk Factors
The authors used cross-sectional data from the 1995 in-home survey of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to evaluate the national prevalence of adolescents', aged 12-18 years, access...
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+ Children and guns in a well child cohort
- Author:
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Stevens, M. M. / Gaffney, C. A. / Tosteson, T. D. / Mott, L. A. / Olson, A. / Ahrens, M. B. / Konings, E. K.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Prev Med
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Medical
- Keywords:
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AGE, Alcohol, Children, Parents, access
3,145 10 to 12-year old children and 3,145 parents in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont participated in a survey to assess children’s access to and use of guns. The survey was distributed at...
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+ An unmatched case-control study of nearly lethal suicide attempts in Houston, Texas: Research methods and measurements
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Kresnow, M. J. / Ikeda, R. M. / Mercy, J. A. / Powell, K. E. / Potter, L. B. / Simon, T. R. / Lee, R. K. / Frankowski, R. F.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Alcohol, Suicide Attempt, Texas
Between November 1992 and July 1995 244 people between 13 and 34 years of age in an area of Houston, Texas attempted and nearly succeeded in committing suicide. Of these, 153 were interviewed about the...
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+ Reducing homicide: A review of the possibilities
- Author:
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Brookman, F. / Maguire, M.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Crime Law and Social Change
- Topics:
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Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Homicide, International, Prevention, Supply
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, PREVENTION, SUPPLY, United Kingdom, illegal possession
Using data from the Homicide Index, international research on homicide, and crime reduction literature, the authors explore the potential for reducing homicide. Four categories of homicide are analyzed...
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+ Reconsidering the relationship between alcohol and lethal violence
- Author:
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Phillips, S. / Matusko, J. / Tomasovic, E.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Topics:
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Alcohol, Crime, Homicide
- Keywords:
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Alcohol, CRIME, Violence
The authors interviewed 100 men (mean age 27) imprisoned for homicide (75%) or aggravated assault (25%), and asked each about the violent conflict leading to his arrest, and to also recall the most serious...
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+ A Pediatric, Practice-Based, Randomized Trial of Drinking and Smoking Prevention and Bicycle Helmet, Gun, and Seatbelt Safety Promotion
- Author:
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Stevens, Marguerite M. / Olson, Ardis L. / Gaffney, Cecelia A. / Tosteson, Tor D. / Mott, Leila A. / Starr, Pamela
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Alcohol, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Storage
- Keywords:
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Children, Firearms, Pediatrics, Safety measures
The authors compared the impact of two office interventions aiming to prevent early drinking and smoking or to influence bicycle helmet use, gun storage, and seatbelt safety for children who were followed...
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