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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Firearm injury"”.
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Firearm Injury Prevention: Understanding Firearm Policy Diffusion, 1993-2010
Annually firearms kill more than 30,000 individuals and injure more than 50,000 individuals, resulting in costs of $45 million to over $1 billion in the United States. Traditionally firearms were addressed as a criminal justice problem, but for more than 30 years, public health and injury …
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Emergency Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes and Preventive Practices Regarding Firearms and Firearm Injury Prevention for Children
… were 134 deaths attributed to unintentional firearm injuries of children under 19 year and 3,019 nonfatal injuries (CDC, 2011). Nurses are expected to identify potential dangers in the community and protect those at risk. It was found that there is limited research on the effectiveness of …
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An Urban Bioethics Survey of the Physician/Gun Violence Intersection
Data consistently shows that firearm violence affects minority populations disproportionately. In the 1970s, firearm injury related death was the 13th leading cause of death in America. The problem has only worsened, costing the US economy almost $230 million a year and is now the second-leading …
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Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis The Role Physicians can Play in Keeping Communities Safe
… play a role in addressing gun safety and risk of firearm injury. Gun violence interventions by physicians can be either preventative, working to avoid an initial firearm related injury, or interventional, working to avert additional firearm related injuries. Outpatient clinical attempts to prevent …
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The burden of firearm injuries at two district level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive analysis
Introduction Firearm injuries account for an increasingly significant portion of violence related trauma experienced in South Africa. The related burden on district level emergency care, surgical and inpatient services is poorly described. This research aims to provide epidemiological and health …
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Epidemiology and genetic risk factors of suicidal behaviour in South Africa
… aged 15 to 29 years. Hanging, poisoning and firearms were the most frequent methods of suicide used. Subgroup analysis showed suicide by hanging and poisoning mortality rates increased by 2.9% and 3.7% across 20 years. Suicide deaths were underreported and may be included among deaths by …