The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Youth Violence and Firearms: Combined Poster Session
3179.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Poster
Youth Violence and Firearms: Combined Poster Session
Firearms account for a significant injury burden in our society, and are closely linked in the public's mind to youth violence, another topic of pressing public health significance. This session presents the latest research on these two critial public health topics.
Learning Objectives: 1. To learn about the latest research in firearm injury and youth violence prevention
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Board 1Do differences exist by capture status and gender for participants in a youth violence intervention program?
Joyce Lee-Ibarra, MS, Joel A. Fein, MD, Elizabeth M. Datner, MD, Rex Huang, Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MSEd
Board 2Adult interaction and weapon carrying: Is there an association?
Melissa A. Fleschler, MS, Susan Tortolero, PhD, Nancy F. Weller, DrPH, Robert C. Addy, MA
Board 3Philadelphia Healthcare Collaborative: Preventing youth violence
Robert D. Ketterlinus, PhD, Susan Lindauer, MSS, MLSP, Elizabeth M. Datner, MD, Joel A. Fein, MD, Linda Davis-Moon, Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MSEd, Joyce Lee-Ibarra, Peter Lane, MD, Theodore A. Christopher, MD, Kristin Minot, MA
Board 4Evaluation of the Bullying Prevention Program in seven Philadelphia schools: Baseline data
Elana Chandler, MA, Sally Black, PhD
Board 5Media and violence among alternative school students
S. Liliana Escobar-Chaves, MPH, Susan Tortolero, PhD, Steven H Kelder, PhD, MPH, Christine M. Markham, MA, Asha Kapadia, PhD
Board 6Cross-national analyses of adolescent violent behavior
Ronaldo Iachan, PhD, Peter Scheidt, MD, MPH, Eleanor Smith-Khuri, MD, Lori Marshall, MHS, james ross, PhD
Board 7Intimate partner violence: The homicide-suicide case
Sabrina L. Walsh, BA
Board 8Geographic patterns of firearm homicides and suicides in a large metropolitan area
Edward M. Castillo, MPH, Leslie Upledger Ray, MA, MPPA, Alan M Smith, MPH, Barbara M Stepanski, MPH, Patricia M Murrin, RN, MPH
Board 9Improving licensing of handgun buyers or owners
Eric K Gorovitz, JD, MPH
Board 10Household firearm ownership levels and homicide rates in the U.S., 1988-1997
Matt Miller, MD, ScD, Deborah Azrael, PhD, David Hemenway, PhD
Organized by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by:Maternal and Child Health; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:Environmental Health, Nursing, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA