3193.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

A National Reporting System for Violent Deaths

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):James Mercy, PhD
4:30 PMPiloting a national reporting system for violent deaths
Catherine W. Barber, MPA, Deb Azrael, Jenny Hochstadt, MSc, Robert Peralta, David Hemenway, PhD
4:45 PMProgress in Developing a National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
James A. Mercy, PhD
5:00 PMCritical Needs in Implementing a National Violent Death Reporting System - Results from a Process Evaluation
Susan S. Gallagher, MPH
5:15 PMComparing multiple sources of surveillance data in analyses of firearm-related homicide interventions
Mark B. Coggeshall
5:30 PMFirearm suicide: The Wisconsin experience, 1999
Carrie L. Nie, MPH, Evelyn M. Kuhn, PhD, Laurie A. Woods, MS, Marjorie A. Stearns, MA, MPH, Stephen W. Hargarten, MD, MPH
5:45 PMLinkage of hospital and police records identifies history of felony offenses among victims of firearm-related violence
Carolyn A. Klassen, MPH, Mary J. Vassar, RN, MS
Sponsor:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Cosponsors:Social Work; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA