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Session: Firearm Policy and Injury Prevention
5170.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Firearm Policy and Injury Prevention
This session will cover a variety of topics in the area of firearm policy and injury prevention.
Learning Objectives: Learn more about firearm policy and injury prevention.
Moderator(s):Susan S. Gallagher, MPH
2:30 PMFirearm storage and unintentional firearm deaths: Results from the 2002 BRFSS  [ Recorded presentation ]
Matthew Miller, MD, MPH, ScD, Deborah Azrael, PhD, David Hemenway, PhD, Mary Vriniotis, MS
2:45 PMGun-in-Home as a Risk Factor in Firearm-Related Homicide: A Historical Prospective Cohort Study of U.S. Deaths, 1993  [ Recorded presentation ]
Vincent C. Merrill, PhD, Richard McCleary, PhD
3:00 PMEffects of youth-focused firearms laws on youth suicides  [ Recorded presentation ]
Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH, Jon Vernick, JD, MPH, Jennifer A. Manganello, PhD, MPH, April M. Zeoli, MPH
3:15 PMUsing local public health powers as a tool for gun violence prevention: The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative
Jon S. Vernick, JD, MPH, Nancy L. Lewin, MPH, Peter L. Beilenson, MD, MPH, Julie Samia Mair, JD, MPH, Melisa M. Lindamood, MPA, Stephen P. Teret, JD, MPH, Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH
3:30 PMCeaseFire: Reducing Neighborhood Shootings Via a Public Health Approach  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tio Hardiman, Norman L. Kerr, Elena D. Quintana, PhD, Tim Metzger, MUPP, Cody D. Stephens, MA, Gary Slutkin, MD
3:45 PMData mining: A novel approach to reducing gun violence  [ Recorded presentation ]
Colleen McCue, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by:Mental Health; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA