Pediatric Firearm-Related Injuries in the United States
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Pediatric Firearm-Related Injuries in the United States.
Pediatric firearm-related deaths and injuries are a national public health crisis. In this Special Review Article, we characterize the epidemiology of firearm-related injuries in the United States and discuss public health programs, the role of pediatricians, and legislative efforts to address this health crisis. Firearm-related injuries are leading causes of unintentional injury deaths in chil...
متن کاملHospitalization for firearm-related injuries in the United States, 1997.
BACKGROUND Firearm-related injuries are a serious public health problem in the United States. Despite the magnitude of this problem, prior national estimates of nonfatal, firearm-related morbidity have been limited to an emergency department-based surveillance system. The objective of this study was to assess and report the information available on firearm-related injuries in an existing nation...
متن کاملChildhood Firearm Injuries in the United States.
OBJECTIVES Examine fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries among children aged 0 to 17 in the United States, including intent, demographic characteristics, trends, state-level patterns, and circumstances. METHODS Fatal injuries were examined by using data from the National Vital Statistics System and nonfatal injuries by using data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. Trends f...
متن کاملNonfatal and fatal firearm-related injuries--United States, 1993-1997.
In 1997, 32,436 deaths resulted from firearm-related injuries, making such injuries the second leading cause of injury mortality in the United States after motor-vehicle-related incidents (1). Also in 1997, an estimated 64,207 persons sustained nonfatal firearm-related injuries and were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments (EDs); approximately 40% required inpatient hospital care. Nat...
متن کاملFirearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population
The absence of guns from children’s homes and communities is the most reliable and effective measure to prevent firearm-related injuries in children and adolescents. Adolescent suicide risk is strongly associated with firearm availability. Safe gun storage (guns unloaded and locked, ammunition locked separately) reduces children’s risk of injury. Physician counseling of parents about firearm sa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hospital Pediatrics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2154-1663,2154-1671
DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2016-0146