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Call for papers: Gun violence epidemiology and prevention
Gun violence prevention through sensible firearms policy remains a hot topic in the media, in the US Congress and in the forthcoming general election. This collection aims to bring together a selection of the latest research and developments surrounding gun violence and gun violence prevention.
The color of risk protection orders: gun violence, gun laws, and racial justice
Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws give municipal police officers new authority, through a civil restraining order, to remove firearms from people who are deemed to pose an imminent risk of causing serious harm to others or themselves.
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Optimizing smoke alarm signals: Testing the effectiveness of children’s smoke alarms for sleeping adults
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Factors contributing to longer length of stay in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children hospitalised for burn injury
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Characteristics of criminal cases against physicians charged with opioid-related offenses reported in the US news media, 1995–2019
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Personal protective eyewear usage among industrial workers in small-scale enterprises
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“Death is certain, the time is not”: mortality and survival in Game of Thrones
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Establishing legal limits for driving under the influence of marijuana
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Association between concussion and mental health in former collegiate athletes
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Effectiveness of bystander naloxone administration and overdose education programs: a meta-analysis
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Effects of minimum legal drinking age on alcohol and marijuana use: evidence from toxicological testing data for fatally injured drivers aged 16 to 25 years
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Blogs from Injury Epidemiology
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Developments in the opioid epidemic: Q&A with Guohua Li
02 September 2019
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Aims and scope
Injury Epidemiology is dedicated to advancing the scientific foundation for injury prevention and control through timely publication and dissemination of peer-reviewed research. Injury Epidemiology aims to be the premier venue for communicating epidemiologic studies of unintentional and intentional injuries, including, but not limited to, morbidity and mortality from motor vehicle crashes, drug overdose/poisoning, falls, drowning, fires/burns, iatrogenic injury, suicide, homicide, assaults, and abuse.
Read the full aims and scope here.
Proceedings from the 24th Annual Injury Free Coalition for Kids® Conference: Forging New Frontiers: Motor Vehicle Safety for All Ages
A supplement featuring articles from the premier injury prevention meeting to foster collaborative research, develop best practices and address challenges in the field of pediatric injury prevention.
Read the full content of the supplement here.
Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Guohua Li, Columbia University, USA
Managing Editor
Barbara Lang, Columbia University, USA
Editors' profilesJess Kraus Award
The Jess Kraus Award is given each year to the author(s) of the best paper published in Injury Epidemiology, selected by the Editorial Board according to novelty, simplicity, clarity, and potential impact on population health. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and is invited to present a special seminar at Columbia University.
2019 recipient
Use of multiple failure models in injury epidemiology: a case study of arrest and intimate partner violence recidivism in Seattle, WA by Lyons et al.
View past award recipients here.
Institutional affiliation
Injury Epidemiology is published through a partnership between Columbia University Irving Medical Center and BMC.
The Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention's mission is to improve population health by reducing the morbidity and mortality from unintentional and intentional injuries through knowledge creation, dissemination and translation of scientific discoveries, development of innovative and multilevel training and education programs, and promotion of best practices and evidence-based interventions.
Editor spotlight: Cassandra Crifasi
Dr. Cassandra Crifasi is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Deputy Director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research. Her research interests focus broadly on public safety including injury epidemiology and prevention, gun violence prevention and policy, attitudes and behaviors of gun owners, and underground gun markets. Dr. Crifasi teaches courses in research and evaluation methods and serves as Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins-Baltimore Collaborative for Violence Reduction. She earned her PhD in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health from the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University.
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