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- C.D.C. Recommends Coordinated Response to Suicide Clusters. // Education Week;9/7/1988, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p5
The article reports on the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control to community agencies on the occurrence of teenage suicides in the U.S. The organization has recommended that community agencies must have a well-organized plan to coordinate their response to an outbreak of suicides....
- American tales of guns and ignorance. Cohen, Philip; Coghlan, Andy // New Scientist;12/25/2004, Vol. 184 Issue 2479/2480, p4
This article reports that gun violence kills tens of thousands of people in the U.S. each year. Yet the basic characteristics of this modern social disease have never been studied in a rigorous way, according to a damning report by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. It found that key...
- A blueprint for injury control in the United States. Viano, David C. // Public Health Reports;Jul/Aug90, Vol. 105 Issue 4, p329
Discusses the results of an appraisal of the status and progress of the injury control program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conducted by a National Academy of Sciences' Review Committee in 1988. Praises for CDC's competitive evaluation of research proposals and funding for...
- HEALTHBEAT. Stuart, Leigh Ann // New Orleans Magazine;Jul2008, Vol. 42 Issue 10, p46
The article offers health-related news briefs in the U.S. A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that only 16.4% of the 71, 000 sample adults knew the warning signs of an impending stroke. A report from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has...
- Only Men Can Stop Rape. Anderson, Kelly // Off Our Backs;Sep/Oct2004, Vol. 34 Issue 9/10, p18
Explores the role of men in ending sexual assault and domestic violence. Limitations of social movements dedicated to treating and ending violence against women; Major cause of injuries to women according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Examples that offer reason...
- AUTISM INC. Hannaford, Alex // Texas Observer: A Journal of Free Voices;Feb2013, Vol. 105 Issue 2, p16
The article focuses on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention one in 88 children in the U.S. suffer from ASD. National Academy of Sciences put this figure as a result of more awareness about autism among parents and...
- Studies explore gun ownership by women. Rubel, Chad // Marketing News;7/3/95, Vol. 29 Issue 14, p2
The article presents information on a study regarding the increasing number of women who buy guns. In one survey, 27% of the respondents said they owned a handgun, and 65% said they had access to a handgun. Of those who owned a gun, 88.5% said it was for personal protection, and 31.3 % owned a...
- School-Associated Student Homicides -- United States, 1992-2006. // MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report;1/18/2008, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p33
The article discusses the results of an analysis conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the School-Associated Violent Death study. The analysis showed that overall rates of school-associated student homicide during July 1999 up to June 2006 are lower than the 1992 to...
- The National Violent Death Reporting System: an exciting new tool for public health surveillance. Steenkamp, M.; Frazier, I.; Lipskiy, N.; deBerry, M.; Thomas, S.; Barker, L.; Karch, D. // Injury Prevention;Dec2006 Supplement 2, Vol. 12, pii3
The US does not have a unified system for surveillance of violent deaths. This report describes the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), a system for collecting data on all violent deaths (homicides, suicides, accidental firearms deaths, deaths of undetermined intent, and deaths from...
