+ Reexamining the Association between Child Access Prevention Gun Laws and Unintentional Shooting Deaths of Children
- Author:
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Webster, D. W. / Starnes, M.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Accidents/ Unintentional, Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Storage
- Keywords:
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Child access prevention laws, unintentional firearms deaths
The aim of this study is to reassess whether child access prevention (CAP) laws, which hold adults criminally liable for unsafe firearm storage is associated with a decrease in unintentional firearm death...
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+ Firearm Storage Patterns in US Homes with Children
- Author:
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Schuster, M.A. / Franke, T.M. / Bastian, A.M / Sor, S. / Halfon, N.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ownership, Storage
- Keywords:
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Children, Firearms, US homes, risks, storage patterns
Using data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey and Year 2000 objectives supplement, both administered by the National Center for Health Statistics, the authors sought to determine the prevalence...
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+ Modifying Children's Responses to Unsecured Firearms and Modifying the Keeping and Storage of Firearms in Families of Elementary School Children: A Possible Role for Child Behavior Therapy
- Author:
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Vacha, E.F / McLaughlin T.F.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Child & Family Behavior Therapy
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Storage
- Keywords:
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Low income families, crime statistics, guns, risky firearms behavior.
The authors review the literature on children under 13 at risk of firearms injuries, with the aim of reducing the rate of firearms accidents among low-income children. They note that risky gun storage...
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+ Adolescent Patients – Healthy or Hurting? Missed Opportunities to Screen for Suicide Risk in the Primary Care Setting
- Author:
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Frankenfield, D.L. . / Keyl, P.M. / Gielen, A. / Wissow, L.S. / Werthamer, L. / Baker, S.P.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Alaska Med
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, , Medical, Storage, Suicide., Education/Counseling, , Education/Counseling, , Education/Counseling, , Education/Counseling, , Education/Counseling,
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, Risk Factors, firearms storage, screening, suicide.
The authors carried out a survey involving primary care physicians in Maryland from May to July 1995 to determine the prevalence of adolescent suicide behavior known to primary care providers and whether...
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+ Firearm Safety Counseling in Primary Care Pediatrics: a Randomized, Controlled Trial
- Author:
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Grossman, D.C. / Cummings, P. / Koepsell, T.D. / Marshall, J. / D’Ambrosio. / Robert S.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, , Prevention, Storage, Education/Counseling, , Education/Counseling, , Education/Counseling, , Education/Counseling, , Education/Counseling,
- Keywords:
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COUNSELING, Controlled trial, Firearms, Pediatrics, Safety, randomized
To determine the effectiveness of gun safety counseling during well-child care visits, physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who provided health care services during these clinics...
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+ The Public Health Case for the Safe Storage of Firearms: Adolescent Suicides Add One More “Smoking Gun”
- Author:
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McClurg, A.J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Hastings Law Journal
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Storage, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent suicide, Firearms, gun stoage laws
The author review numerous studies on suicide in America, noting that whereas the overall suicide rate in the U.S. has been relatively stable since 1950, the adolescent suicide rate has more than tripled,...
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