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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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4232.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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Suicide is a public health problem that affects not just individuals but also their families and communities. Suicide research involves the study of both completers and attempters of suicide. Presentations in this session will examine several risk factors associated with suicide as well as a method for classifying undetermined deaths as suicide or unintentional. | |||
Learning Objectives: Describe the relation between firearm ownership and rates of suicide for men, women by age group. Identify modifiable factors that reduce risk behavior prevalence among children with a history of physical abuse. Recognize the importance of accurate reporting of suicide data for surveillance efforts. | |||
Anara Guard, MLS | |||
Levels of household firearm ownership and rates of suicide in the United States, cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses Matthew J. Miller, MD, MPH, ScD, Deborah Azrael, PhD, David Hemenway, PhD, Steven Lippmann, bs | |||
Resiliency to suicide attempts and other risk behaviors among children with a history of physical abuse Lynne Fullerton-Gleason, PhD, Robert Sapien, MD, Karen Gaylord, ABD | |||
Subsequent suicide mortality among emergency department patients seen for suicidal behavior Cameron S. Crandall, MD, Jonathon LaValley, BS, Roberto Aguero, MS, Lynne Fullerton-Gleason, PhD | |||
Suicidal behavior among African American youth in San Francisco: Insights from community agencies on risk factors, protective factors and possible community responses Maurissa Koide, BA, Ingrid Ochoa, BA, Lisa F. Parks, BA, Alberto Perez-Rendon, MD | |||
Classifying undetermined poisoning deaths and implications for suicide surveillance Amy E. Donaldson, MS, Gitte Y. Larsen, MD, MPH, Lynne Fullerton Gleason, PhD, Lenora M. Olson, MA | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | Injury Control and Emergency Health Services | ||
Endorsed by: | Academic Public Health Caucus; Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing |
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA