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  1. Shortly after the onset of the COVID Pandemic, when many schools and outside activities were suspended, dog adoption rates increased. It is unknown if increased dog adoption rates along with stay-at-home order...

    Authors: Paul T. Menk, E. Melinda Mahabee-Gittens and Wendy J. Pomerantz
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11(Suppl 1):55
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 1

  2. Social vulnerability may play a role in social media-involved crime, but few studies have investigated this issue. We investigated associations between social vulnerability and social media-involved violent cr...

    Authors: Jemar R. Bather, Diana Silver, Brendan P. Gill, Adrian Harris, Jin Yung Bae, Nina S. Parikh and Melody S. Goodman
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:54
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  4. A drowning definition is available for use with National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) data. However, its accuracy in capturing drowning emergency department and urgent care visits at the regional leve...

    Authors: Rohit P. Shenoi, Briana Moreland, Jennifer L. Jones, Nicholas Peoples, Elizabeth A. Camp and Ned Levine
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11(Suppl 1):52
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 1

  5. To investigate the characteristics and trends of therapeutic errors that occur outside of healthcare facilities involving diabetes medications reported to US poison centers.

    Authors: Ashley Thurgood Giarman, Hannah L. Hays, Jaahnavi Badeti, Natalie I. Rine, Henry A. Spiller, Motao Zhu and Gary A. Smith
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:51
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  7. Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are civil court orders that prohibit firearm purchase and possession when someone is behaving dangerously and is at risk of harming themselves and/or others. As of June 2...

    Authors: April M. Zeoli, Amy Molocznik, Jennifer Paruk, Elise Omaki, Shannon Frattaroli, Marian E. Betz, Annette Christy, Reena Kapoor, Christopher Knoepke, Wenjuan Ma, Michael A. Norko, Veronica A. Pear, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Julia P. Schleimer, Jeffrey W. Swanson and Garen J. Wintemute
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:49
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  8. U.S. firearm sales surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many purchases by first-time firearm owners. The 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy sought to understand the public health implications of this surg...

    Authors: Rebecca Valek, Julie A. Ward, Vanya Jones and Cassandra K. Crifasi
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:48
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  9. Data regarding rural youths’ experience with firearms, including safety training, is highly limited despite their frequent presence in homes. Our objective was to investigate rural adolescents’ use of firearms...

    Authors: Jamie L. Koopman, Benjamin M. Linden, Megan R. Sinik, Kristel M. Wetjen, Pam J. Hoogerwerf, Junlin Liao and Charles A. Jennissen
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11(Suppl 1):47
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 1

  10. Incorporating post-discharge data into trauma registries would allow for better research on patient outcomes, including disparities in outcomes. This pilot study tested a follow-up data collection process to b...

    Authors: Hannah Scheuer, Kelsey M. Conrick, Brianna Mills, Esther Solano, Saman Arbabi, Eileen M. Bulger, Danae Dotolo, Christopher St. Vil, Monica S. Vavilala, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Megan Moore
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:46
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  11. Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) continues to be a leading cause of death in infants in the United States (US), with significant disparities by race and socio-economic status. Infant safe sleep behaviors ...

    Authors: Gina S. Lowell, Jillian Sanford, Linda Radecki, Allison Hanes, Bonnie Kozial, Felicia Clark, Jennifer McCain, Asim Abbasi, Sevilay Dalabih, Benjamin D. Hoffman and Lois K. Lee
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11(Suppl 1):45
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 1

  12. Head injuries are the most common cause of death in some motorized vehicles for which helmet use can significantly decrease the risk. Our objective was to determine rural adolescents’ attitudes regarding helme...

    Authors: Charles A. Jennissen, Sehansa R. Karunatilaka, Brianna J. Iverson, Devin E. Spolsdoff, Kristel M. Wetjen, Brenda Vergara, Shannon R. Landers and Pam J. Hoogerwerf
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11(Suppl 1):44
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 11 Supplement 1

  13. Violence across Latin America is an increasingly important factor influencing migration to the US. A particular form of violence that is experienced by many Latinx migrants is extortion. This research analyzes...

    Authors: Laura Vargas, C. Neill Epperson, Therese S. Richmond, Shadi Sharif, Lily Berkowitz, Zachary Giano, Stephen Hargarten, Mark Ungar, Eugenio Weigend-Vargas and Joseph Sakai
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:43
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  14. Firearm purchasing records offer a potentially important administrative data source to identify individuals at elevated risk of perpetrating firearm violence. In this study, we describe individual, firearm, an...

    Authors: Hannah S. Laqueur, Julia P. Schleimer, Aaron B. Shev and Rose Kagawa
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:42
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  16. Surveys have found concerningly high levels of agreement that the United States will experience civil war soon. This study assesses variation in expectation of and perceived need for civil war with respondent ...

    Authors: Garen J. Wintemute, Yueju Li, Bradley Velasquez, Andrew Crawford, Paul M. Reeping and Elizabeth A. Tomsich
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:40
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  17. Handgun purchaser licensing (HPL) laws mandate individuals to obtain a license from law enforcement before buying a firearm. Research indicates these laws effectively reduce various forms of fatal firearm viol...

    Authors: Mitchell L. Doucette, Nicholas S. Meyerson, Cassandra K. Crifasi, Elizabeth Wagner and Daniel W. Webster
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:39
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  18. Administrative healthcare databases, such as Medicare, are increasingly used to identify groups at risk of a crash. However, they only contain information on crash-related injuries, not all crashes. If the dri...

    Authors: Nina R. Joyce, Leah R. Lombardi, Melissa R. Pfeiffer, Allison E. Curry, Seth A. Margolis, Brian R. Ott and Andrew R. Zullo
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:38
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  20. Injurious falls represent a significant public health burden. Research and policies have primarily focused on falls occurring indoors despite evidence that outdoor falls account for 47–58% of all falls requiri...

    Authors: Kathryn G. Burford, Nicole G. Itzkowitz, Remle P. Crowe, Henry E. Wang, Alexander X. Lo and Andrew G. Rundle
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:36
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  21. To determine what firearm policies New Jersey residents believe will prevent school shootings and the extent to which this varies by sex, firearm ownership status, and political affiliation.

    Authors: Michael Anestis, Jayna Moceri-Brooks, Allison Bond and Daniel Semenza
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:35
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  22. Firearm homicide and opioid overdoses were already leading causes of death in the U.S. before both problems surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Firearm violence, overdoses, and COVID-19 have all disproportion...

    Authors: Suzanne G. McLone, John R. Pamplin II, Jaii D. Pappu, Jaimie L. Gradus and Jonathan S. Jay
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:34
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  23. Globally, Mexico is one of six countries with the highest level of firearm mortality. While previous studies have examined firearm mortality in Mexico before 2015, increases in violence since then highlight th...

    Authors: Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Michelle Degli Esposti, Stephen Hargarten, Laura Vargas and Jason E. Goldstick
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:33
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  24. Legislative bodies across the country have increasingly allowed off-road vehicles (ORVs) including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and utility task vehicles (UTVs) on public roads, an environment for which they ar...

    Authors: Christopher D. Monson, J. Priyanka Vakkalanka, Gerene M. Denning, Nicholas R. Stange and Charles A. Jennissen
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:32
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  25. Detergent packets are common household products; however, they pose a risk of injuries and poisonings, especially among children. This study examined the epidemiological characteristics of pediatric injuries a...

    Authors: Sarah Zutrauen, James Cheesman and Steven R. McFaull
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:31
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  26. Rollover crashes continue to be a substantial public health issue in North America. Previous research has shown that the cervical spine is the most injured spine segment in rollovers, but much of the past rese...

    Authors: Loay Al-Salehi, Shannon G. Kroeker, Jason R. Kerrigan, Peter A. Cripton, Matthew B. Panzer and Gunter P. Siegmund
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:30
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  27. In assigning manner of death (MOD) for inclusion on death certificates, medical examiners and coroners do not always apply uniform criteria. Previous research indicates surveillance statistics based on death c...

    Authors: Samuel Fischer, Matthew Miller, Catherine Barber and Deborah Azrael
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:29
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  28. The purpose of this report is to provide insight and details regarding the development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance (IIS) system for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committ...

    Authors: Eric G. Post, Travis Anderson, Olivia Samson, Alexis D. Gidley, Ashley N. Triplett, Amber T. Donaldson, Jonathan T. Finnoff and William M. Adams
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:28
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  29. Unintentional injuries disproportionately impact American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Developing effective and culturally tailored data collection and intervention programs requires an unders...

    Authors: Wendy Shields, Anne Kenney, Evelyn Shiang, Rebecca Malizia and Holly Billie
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:27
    Content type: Review Published on:

  30. In the US, over 50% of suicide deaths are by firearm injury. Studies have found that limiting access to firearms, including storing them temporarily outside of the home or locking and unloading them securely a...

    Authors: Hanna Christian, Dev Crasta, Garra Lloyd-Lester, Gala True, Marianne Goodman, Brett Bass, Kathryne Coric, Timothy Ruetten, Robert Lane and Gabriela Khazanov
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:26
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  31. Hand injuries constitute up to 30% of the total cases treated in emergency departments. Over time, demographic changes, especially an aging population, and shifts in workplace safety regulations and healthcare...

    Authors: Martynas Tamulevicius, Florian Bucher, Nadjib Dastagir, Vincent Maerz, Peter M. Vogt and Khaled Dastagir
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:25
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  32. Individual and social characteristics are attributed to violent behavior in schools, yet environmental hazards may play an understudied role. Ambient air pollution has been linked to neurological dysfunction t...

    Authors: Austin T. Rau, Alyson B. Harding, Andy Ryan, Marizen R. Ramirez, Lynette M. Renner and Jesse D. Berman
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:24
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  33. Sport-related injuries and illnesses can negatively impact athlete welfare at all standards of participation in team sports. Injury and illness surveillance (IIS), and the development of monitoring systems, in...

    Authors: Bradley Sprouse, Avinash Chandran, Neel Rao, Adrian J. Boltz, Molly Johnson, Philip Hennis and Ian Varley
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:23
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  34. Diabetes mellitus (DM) can impair driving safety due to hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and diabetic eye diseases. However, few studies have examined the association between DM and...

    Authors: Difei Liu, Stanford Chihuri, Howard F. Andrews, Marian E. Betz, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, David W. Eby, Linda L. Hill, Vanya Jones, Thelma J. Mielenz, Lisa J. Molnar, David Strogatz, Barbara H. Lang and Guohua Li
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:22
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  36. A 2022 survey in the USA found concerningly high prevalences of support for and personal willingness to engage in political violence, of beliefs associated with such violence, and of belief that civil war was ...

    Authors: Garen J. Wintemute, Sonia L. Robinson, Andrew Crawford, Elizabeth A. Tomsich, Paul M. Reeping, Aaron B. Shev, Bradley Velasquez and Daniel Tancredi
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:20
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  37. The Fire service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) survey is an assessment tool comprised of psychometrically validated metrics of safety climate, safety behavior, and downstream outcomes (organizationa...

    Authors: Ashley M. Geczik, Jin Lee, Joseph A. Allen, Madison E. Raposa, Lucy F. Robinson, D. Alex Quistberg, Andrea L. Davis and Jennifer A. Taylor
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:19
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  38. There is an epidemic of firearm injuries in the United States since the mid-2000s. Thus, we sought to examine whether hospitalization from firearm injuries have increased over time, and to examine temporal cha...

    Authors: Kristin Salottolo, R. Joseph Sliter, Gary Marshall, Carlos H. Palacio Lascano, Glenda Quan, David Hamilton, Robert Madayag, Gina Berg and David Bar-Or
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:18
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  39. Privately made firearms (PMFs) or “ghost guns” are homemade, unserialized, untraceable firearms that have been increasingly used in violent crime in the United States. Very little is known about the types of P...

    Authors: Alaina De Biasi, Anthony A. Braga, Brad Velasquez and Garen Wintemute
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:17
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  40. Public transportation use is influenced by perceptions of safety. Concerns related to crime on New York City (NYC) transit have risen following NYC’s COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency declaration in 2020, l...

    Authors: Leah E. Roberts, Christina A. Mehranbod, Brady Bushover, Ariana N. Gobaud, Evan L. Eschliman, Carolyn Fish, Siddhesh Zadey, Xiang Gao and Christopher N. Morrison
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:16
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  41. Pedestrians and cyclists are often referred to as “vulnerable road users,” yet most research is focused on fatal crashes. We used fatal and nonfatal crash data to examine risk factors (i.e., relationship to an...

    Authors: David I. Swedler, Bina Ali, Rebecca Hoffman, Jennifer Leonardo, Eduardo Romano and Ted R. Miller
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:15
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  43. Police violence is increasingly recognized as an urgent public health problem. Basic questions about police violence, however, remain unanswered, including which types of law enforcement agency are responsible...

    Authors: Jaquelyn L. Jahn and Gabriel L. Schwartz
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:13
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  44. Teen drivers with a traffic violation are at increased risk for crashes and crash-related injuries; however, most parent-focused interventions target teen drivers with supervised learner’s permits. Very few in...

    Authors: Jingzhen Yang, Corinne Peek-Asa, Ying Zhang, Cara Hamann, Motao Zhu, Yang Wang, Archana Kaur, Robyn Recker, Dominique Rose and Lisa Roth
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:12
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  45. Early identification of child abuse is critical to prevent death and disability. Studies suggest implicit bias of providers may lead to overrepresentation of minority and impoverished children in child abuse r...

    Authors: Ashley Chan, Mary D. Feller, Kaylin Dawson, Kirsten Morrissey, Ashar Ata and Mary J. Edwards
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:11
    Content type: Short Report Published on:

  46. Violence is a serious public health concern disproportionately experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people. While the burden and impact of violence may be explained by the presence of risk f...

    Authors: Jeffrey E. Rollman, M. Thomas, Laura M. Mercer Kollar, Katie A. Ports, Carmen Clelland, Delight E. Satter and Corinne David-Ferdon
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 8(Suppl 2):72
    Content type: Research Published on:

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

  47. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and traffic-related injuries are two major public health problems disproportionately affecting young people. Young drivers, whose driving skills are still developing, are par...

    Authors: Jingzhen Yang, Despina Stavrinos, Thomas Kerwin, Sylvie Mrug, Michael Tiso, Benjamin McManus, Cameron G. Wrabel, Christopher Rundus, Fangda Zhang, Drew Davis, Erin M. Swanson, Brett Bentley and Keith Owen Yeates
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:10
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  49. Firearm violence is a major cause of death and injury in the United States. Tracking the movement of firearms from legal purchase to use in crimes can help inform prevention of firearm injuries and deaths. The...

    Authors: Sonia L. Robinson, Christopher D. McCort, Colette Smirniotis, Garen J. Wintemute and Hannah S. Laqueur
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:8
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:

  50. Suicide, especially by firearm, remains a leading cause of death in military populations in the USA. Reducing access to firearms, especially during high risk times, may help prevent suicide and other forms of ...

    Authors: S. Rachel Kennedy, Jessica Buck-Atkinson, Jayna Moceri-Brooks, Megan L. Johnson, Michael D. Anestis, Makala Carrington, Justin C. Baker, Mary E. Fisher, Donald E. Nease Jr., AnnaBelle O. Bryan, Craig J. Bryan and Marian E. Betz
    Citation: Injury Epidemiology 2024 11:7
    Content type: Original Contribution Published on:
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