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  1. The role of traumatic event exposure and psychiatric disorders as central risk factors for suicidal behavior has been established, but there are limited data in high conflict regions with significant trauma ex...

    Authors: Ajmal Sabawoon, Katherine M. Keyes, Elie Karam and Viviane Kovess-Masfety
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:31
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  2. Although gun owners overwhelmingly support violence prevention policies, they are hesitant to speak up publicly to advocate for these policies. We tested a series of communication messages on gun owners’ level...

    Authors: Claire Boine, Michael Siegel and Abdine Maiga
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:30
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  3. The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) collects data on the circumstances of violent deaths, and all firearm-related deaths, across states and territories in the USA. This surveillance system is c...

    Authors: Kathleen F. Carlson, Tess A. Gilbert, Susan DeFrancesco, Dagan A. Wright, Xun Shen and Lawrence J. Cook
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:29
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  4. This study comprises all hospitalized work-related burn injuries in one country during 2011–2015. The purpose was to describe demographics, causes and risk factors of occupational burn injuries with special fo...

    Authors: Lotta Purola, Heli Kavola and Jyrki Vuola
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:28
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  5. Individuals attempting to enter the USA from Mexico at non-authorized points along the border fence often sustain injuries requiring medical intervention. We evaluated characteristics of this patient populatio...

    Authors: Kathryn D. Dwight, William T. Kent and Jan M. Hughes-Austin
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:27
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  7. While lifetime history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with increased risk of disabilities, little is known about disability and TBI among Appalachian and other rural residents. This study aimed ...

    Authors: Robyn Feiss, John D. Corrigan, Kele Ding, Cynthia L. Beaulieu, Jennifer Bogner and Jingzhen Yang
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:25
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  8. Temporary, voluntary storage of firearms away from the home during times of risk is a recommended strategy for suicide prevention. Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) are often suggested as storage sites, and onli...

    Authors: Marian E. Betz, Sara Brandspigel, Leslie M. Barnard, Rachel L. Johnson, Christopher E. Knoepke, Ryan A. Peterson, Frederick P. Rivara and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:24
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  9. Construction workers are 3–4 times more likely than other workers to die from accidents at work—however, in the developing world, the risks associated with construction work may be 6 times greater. India does ...

    Authors: Phil Edwards, Sajjan Yadav, Jonathan Bartlett and John Porter
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:23
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  10. Competition in road cycling events is common, yet little is known about the nature and disposition of injuries sustained in these events. The purpose of this study is to describe injured body regions and the d...

    Authors: Gregory Jancaitis, Alison R. Snyder Valier and Curt Bay
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:22
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  11. Road traffic injuries are a significant cause of death and disability globally. However, in some countries the exact health burden caused by road traffic injuries is unknown. In Malawi, there is no central rep...

    Authors: Robert Manning Smith, Valentina Cambiano, Tim Colbourn, Joseph H. Collins, Matthew Graham, Britta Jewell, Ines Li Lin, Tara D. Mangal, Gerald Manthalu, Joseph Mfutso-Bengo, Emmanuel Mnjowe, Sakshi Mohan, Wingston Ng’ambi, Andrew N. Phillips, Paul Revill, Bingling She…
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:21
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  12. Drug overdose and firearm injury are two of the United States (US) most unrelenting public health crises, both of which have been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Programs and policies typically focus on e...

    Authors: Lauren A. Magee, Bradley Ray, Philip Huynh, Daniel O’Donnell and Megan L. Ranney
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:20
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  14. Globally, burn related deaths are disproportionately higher among children below 5 years of age compared to other age groups. Although rarely fatal, most burns in this group occur within homes specifically in ...

    Authors: Marcia Tusiime, David Musoke, Fiston Muneza, Milton Mutto and Olive Kobusingye
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:18
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  15. Substance-related interactions with the criminal justice system are a potential touchpoint to identify people at risk for firearm violence. We used an agent-based model to simulate the change in firearm violen...

    Authors: Magdalena Cerdá, Ava D. Hamilton, Melissa Tracy, Charles Branas, David Fink and Katherine M. Keyes
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:17
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  16. Codes in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM), are used for injury surveillance, including surveillance of intentional self-harm, as they appear in ad...

    Authors: Barbara A. Gabella, Beth Hume, Linda Li, Marianne Mabida and Julia Costich
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:16
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  18. Large-scale multisite trauma registries with broad geographic coverage in low-income countries are rare. This lack of systematic trauma data impedes effective policy responses.

    Authors: Linda Chokotho, Kevin Croke, Meyhar Mohammed, Wakisa Mulwafu, Jonna Bertfelt, Saahil Karpe and Sveta Milusheva
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:14
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  19. Suicide is the second most common cause of death among adolescents and young adults. In the pediatric population, gunshot wounds (GSWs) and hangings are common mechanisms of pediatric suicide. Comorbid psychia...

    Authors: Christina M. Theodorou, Kaeli J. Yamashiro, Sarah C. Stokes, Edgardo S. Salcedo, Shinjiro Hirose and Alana L. Beres
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:13
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  20. Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) accounts for ~ 3400 deaths per year in the USA, and minimal progress has been made in reducing SUID over the past two decades. SUID is the sudden death of an infant that h...

    Authors: Brett T. Boyer, Gina S. Lowell, Douglas R. Roehler and Kyran P. Quinlan
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:12
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  21. In Western countries, the typical cervical spine fracture (CS-Fx) patient has historically been a young male injured in a road traffic accident. Recent reports and daily clinical practice clearly indicate a ch...

    Authors: Nils Christian Utheim, Eirik Helseth, Mona Stroem, Paal Rydning, Magnus Mejlænder-Evjensvold, Thomas Glott, Christina Teisner Hoestmaelingen, Mads Aarhus, Paal Andre Roenning and Hege Linnerud
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:10
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  22. Safety climate is an upstream predictor of safety behaviors (e.g., safety compliance), organizational outcomes (e.g., burnout, engagement), and safety outcomes (e.g., injuries). The Fire Service Organizational...

    Authors: Ashley M. Geczik, Jin Lee, Andrea L. Davis, Joseph A. Allen and Jennifer A. Taylor
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:11
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  23. Law enforcement traffic stops are one of the most common entryways to the US justice system. Conventional frameworks suggest traffic stops promote public safety by reducing dangerous driving practices and non-...

    Authors: Michael Dolan Fliss, Frank R. Baumgartner, Paul Delamater, Steve W. Marshall, Charles Poole and Whitney Robinson
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:9
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  24. Police shootings are unevenly spatially distributed, with substantive spikes throughout the USA. While minorities are disproportionately the victims of police force, social or structural factors associated wit...

    Authors: Timothy F. Leslie, Cara L. Frankenfeld and Angela J. Hattery
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:8
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  25. Homicide is a major cause of death and contributes to health disparities in the United States. This burden overwhelmingly affects people from racial and ethnic minority populations as homicide occurs more ofte...

    Authors: Ariana N. Gobaud, Christina A. Mehranbod, Beidi Dong, James Dodington and Christopher N. Morrison
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:7
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  26. Sports and recreational activities are the most commonly reported cause of injury-related emergency department (ED) visits among children and young adults in developed countries, yet studies about the effect o...

    Authors: Oluwatosin Ogunmayowa and Charlotte Baker
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  28. Basketball is one of the most played sports in the world. However, only a few studies have examined the epidemiology of Japanese collegiate men’s basketball injuries. This study investigated the incidence of i...

    Authors: Yuta Sekine, Kotaro Kamada, Takeshi Koyama, Seigo Hoshikawa, Sayuri Uchino and Takayuki Komatsu
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:4
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  29. Trauma is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among pediatric and adolescent populations worldwide, with over ninety percent of childhood injuries occurring in low-income and middle-income coun...

    Authors: Hendry R. Sawe, Sveta Milusheva, Kevin Croke, Saahil Karpe and Juma A. Mfinanga
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:3
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  30. Little is known about voluntary divestment of firearms among US firearm owners. Here, we aim to estimate the proportion of handgun owners who divest their handguns in the years following their initial acquisit...

    Authors: Sonja A. Swanson, Matthew Miller, Yifan Zhang, Lea Prince, Erin E. Holsinger, Zachary Templeton and David M. Studdert
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:2
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  31. Research on violence exposure emphasizes discrete acute events such as direct and witnessed victimization. Little is known about the broad range of experiences of violence (EVs) in daily life. This study asses...

    Authors: Garen J. Wintemute, Amanda J. Aubel, Rocco Pallin, Julia P. Schleimer and Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2022 9:1
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  32. Motor vehicle crashes (MVC’s) in the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities account for 43% of unintentional injury deaths. This article introduces MVC data and geographic information system (GIS) m...

    Authors: Jordan M. Vandjelovic and Darcy Merchant
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8(Suppl 2):71
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 8 Supplement 2

  33. Most concussion education aims to increase athlete self-report of concussive symptoms. Although the population burden of concussion is high, frequency with which this injury occurs on a given sports team in a ...

    Authors: Emily Kroshus, Sarah J. Lowry, Kimberly Garrett, Rachel Hays, Tamerah Hunt and Sara P. D. Chrisman
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:70
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  34. The rates, severity and consequences of hand and wrist injuries sustained by National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes are not well characterized. This study describes the epidemiology of hand and wris...

    Authors: Kathleen A. Holoyda, Daniel P. Donato, David A. Magno-Padron, Andrew M. Simpson and Jayant P. Agarwal
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:69
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  35. Firearms are the most lethal method of suicide and account for approximately half of all suicide deaths nationwide. We describe associations between firearm purchasing characteristics and firearm suicide.

    Authors: Julia P. Schleimer, Rose M. C. Kagawa and Hannah S. Laqueur
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:68
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  36. Misuse and abuse of prescription drugs including opioids has been a driving force behind the drug overdose epidemic plaguing communities across the USA for more than two decades. Medication accumulation in the...

    Authors: Isaac Ampadu, Robert Morones, Andrea Tsatoke, Lacie Ampadu, Martin Stephens, William C. Crump and David Bales
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8(Suppl 2):67
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 8 Supplement 2

  37. Although falls are common and can cause serious injury to older adults, many health care facilities do not have falls prevention resources available. Falls prevention resources can reduce injury and mortality ...

    Authors: Kyle M. Knight
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8(Suppl 2):66
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 8 Supplement 2

  38. Despite a national decrease in emergency department visits in the United States during the first 10 months of the pandemic, preliminary Consumer Product Safety Commission data indicate increased firework-relat...

    Authors: Nathan Maassel, Abbie Saccary, Daniel Solomon, David Stitelman, Yunshan Xu, Fangyong Li, Emily Christison-Lagay and James Dodington
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:65
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  39. Inter-related sustained upward trends in firearm purchasing, violence, and political extremism are converging to put the USA at risk for disaster and threaten our future as a democracy. This narrative review p...

    Authors: Garen J. Wintemute
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:64
    Content type: Review Published on:

  40. Commonly-used violence surveillance systems are biased towards certain populations due to overreporting or over-scrutinized. Hospital discharge data may offer a more representative view of violence, through us...

    Authors: N. Jeanie Santaularia, Marizen R. Ramirez, Theresa L. Osypuk and Susan M. Mason
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:63
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  42. Drowning is the leading cause of death among children 12–59 months old in rural Bangladesh. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a large-scale crèche (daycare) intervention in preventing child drowning.

    Authors: Y. Natalia Alfonso, Adnan A. Hyder, Olakunle Alonge, Shumona Sharmin Salam, Kamran Baset, Aminur Rahman, Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Md Irteja Islam, Fazlur Rahman, Shams El-Arifeen and David Bishai
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:61
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  44. Apprehensions of undocumented immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley sector of the U.S.-Mexico border have grown to account for nearly half of all apprehensions at the border. The purpose of this study is to repo...

    Authors: Carlos H. Palacio, Bianca Cruz, Cheryl Vanier, Jose Cano and Bradford G. Scott
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:58
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  45. Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are a relatively new type of law that are being considered or implemented in many states in the United States. Colorado’s law went into effect on January 1, 2020, after s...

    Authors: Leslie M. Barnard, Megan McCarthy, Christopher E. Knoepke, Sabrina Kaplan, James Engeln and Marian E. Betz
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:59
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  46. Suicide is complex, with psychiatric, cultural, and socioeconomic roots. Though mental illnesses like depression contribute to risk for suicide, access to lethal means such as firearms is considered a key risk...

    Authors: Rocco Pallin and Amy Barnhorst
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:57
    Content type: Review Published on:

  47. Leading causes of unintentional child injury such as poisoning and falls are preventable, and the majority occur in the home. Numerous home safety interventions have been developed and tested to increase safet...

    Authors: Lara B. McKenzie, Kristin J. Roberts, Rebecca J. McAdams, Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, Orie Kristel, Alison Szymanski, Sarah A. Keim and Wendy C. Shields
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8:56
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  49. Pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and fatalities have increased since 2010 after a long downward trend. Trucks and SUVs, collectively called light trucks, have also increased in sales and size, which may affec...

    Authors: Zoabe Hafeez and Malvi Mehta
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8(Suppl 1):35
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 8 Supplement 1

  50. Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are a significant safety issue in the United States. Young children are disproportionally impacted by car accidents and suffer high rates of injuries and mortality. When used pr...

    Authors: Ross Budziszewski, Rochelle Thompson, Thomas Lucido, Janelle Walker, Loreen K. Meyer, L. Grier Arthur and Harsh Grewal
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2021 8(Suppl 1):19
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 8 Supplement 1

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