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Unintentional shootings, highway crashes and acts of violence—A behavior paradigm

by Shannon | Aug 24, 2023

Characteristics of Vermont residents involved as shooters in unintentional shootings of all degrees of severity were compared with those of residents whom they shot and residents of same sex and similar age, most of whom owned guns but who were not involved in...

Suicide Prevention Through Means Restriction: Assessing the Risk of Substitution—A Critical Review

by Shannon | Aug 29, 2022

The effectiveness of restricting access to certain means of committing suicide has been demonstrated, at least as regards toxic domestic gas, firearms, drugs and bridges. At the individual level, studies tend to indicate that many persons have a preference for a given...

Swedish hunters’ safety behaviour and experience of firearm incidents

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Since any firearm injury is potentially lethal, it is of great interest to prevent firearm incidents. This study investigated such incidents during hunting and Swedish hunters’ safety behaviour. A 48-item questionnaire was posted to a random sample of 1000...

Prevalence and correlates of handgun access among adolescents seeking care in an urban emergency department

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Objective To determine prevalence and correlates of handgun access among adolescents seeking care in an urban Emergency Department (ED) in order to inform future injury prevention strategies. Methods In this observational cross-sectional study performed in the ED of a...

Too Many or Too Few Unintentional Firearm Deaths in Official US Mortality Data?

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

We examined the accuracy of data on unintentional firearm fatalities in the United States. We began with data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and examined every firearm death reported as an accident by any NVDRS data source – the NVDRS...
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