Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #121301

J. Lee Annest, PhD, NCIPC/CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE MS-K59, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, (770) 488-4804, jla1@cdc.gov, Charles C. Branas, PhD, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Room 936 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021, and Gary Slutkin, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Project for Violence Prevention/CeaseFire, 1603 W. Taylor, Chicago, IL 60612.

This special session uses the public health model in examining the state of the science in firearm injury research. The first presenter, J. Lee Annest, will describe efforts to define and monitor the extent of the firearm injury problem. Specifically, he will describe surveillance systems (e.g., NEISS special study, NVSS, NVDRS, BRFSS) that capture firearm injury, and discuss data uses and the availability of public use data files for fatal and nonfatal firearm-related injury research. The second presenters (Charles Branas and Douglas Wiebe) will provide an overview of important lines of research in understanding the causes of firearm injury. This presentation will have a particular emphasis on the research that links firearm ownership to homicide (including fatal intimate partner violence), suicide, and unintentional firearm injuries. The final presentation will profile a successful and innovative firearm-injury prevention program, CeaseFire (Chicago). The presenters (Gary Slutkin) will describe the evaluation results, as well as dissemination of the program in other cities in the United States.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe current sources of data that can be used to conduct firearm injury research
• Explain how data can be used to further understanding of the magnitude and characteristics of firearm injury
• Identify and understand correlates of firearm injuries, including assault, self-directed, and unintentional firearm injuries
• Understand the public health approach and be able to apply it to the subject of firearm injury
• Describe the promise of community-based interventions for firearm injury prevention
• Understand issues related to dissemination of CeaseFire in cities around the world
• Generate dialogue about current and future firearm injury research needs

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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