Gun violence is a complex biopsychosocial disease and as such, requires multidisciplinary approach to understanding treatment. Framing gun places it firmly within medical public health practice. By applying the model violence, possible explore host, agent, environment in which occurs, identify risk factors target for prevention. This also provides an opportunity address scientifically inaccurate assumptions about violence. In addition, there are many opportunities communities treat by...

Suicide among farmers has, over the past 20 years, garnered attention from scholars around world. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, will present a framework for considering farmer suicide that builds upon Interpersonal-Psychological Theory Suicidal Behavior and extends our current explanations to include multilevel, multifactorial focus on individual, interpersonal, community systemic factors at root stressors contributing farmers. Secondly, blueprint prevention, leveraging Water...

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased distress at a societal level, with youth and young people bearing disproportionate burden. A series of recent Morbidity Mortality Weekly Reports highlighted emergency department (ED) visit rates for suicide attempts among ages 12-25 during the pandemic. This study expands those analyses by adding race ethnicity to examination suspected youth.This uses National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) data Wisconsin from hospitals that consistently...

There is a need to address suicide among farmers in the United States and understand what contributes American farmers. The purpose of this qualitative study analyze narrative data uncover circumstances that were present lives who died by suicide.This leverages available National Violent Death Reporting System. For study, we examined all suicides occurred Wisconsin between years 2012 2016 extracted from Decedents manually sorted "usual occupation" variable order identify farmers.During...

Recent studies have suggested that individuals working in certain occupations may be at increased risk for suicide. While occupation is an individual-level factor, one's work situated organizations, communities, and societies are impacted by policies systems. Analysis of existing data has identified farmers among those with elevated rates This qualitative study reports themes capture the experience prior to their death suicide Wisconsin. retrospective analyzed from Wisconsin Violent Death...

Geocoded emergency department (ED) data have allowed for the development and evaluation of novel interventions prevention violence in cities outside United States. First implemented Cardiff, Kingdom, collection these provides public health agencies, community organizations, law enforcement with place-based information on assaults. The purpose this study was to assess feasibility translating model within electronic medical record (EMR) A new EMR module based Cardiff Model developed integrated...

Importance Suicide is a significant public health burden in the United States. There little understanding how policies regarding gun purchasing affects suicide rates. Wisconsin state legislature rescinded 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases, which took effect June 2015.Objective To determine whether firearm-related increased with repeal of purchases 2015.Method We obtained data through Department Health Services via Interactive Statistics on Query System. rates were compared by...

Our society is violent, and people who commit “violent acts” are oppressed human beings reacting to their reality context. An emerging public health theme frame gun violence as a biopsychosocial disease consider root causes, “risk factors,” strategies for prevention. These strategies, although useful, do not address our violent draw attention away from dialogue about reality. It imperative that we initiate structural elucidate the context drives witness experience in communities. Dismantling...

Abstract Introduction Fatality review is a public health approach designed to inform efforts prevent fatalities of certain kind (e.g., suicide, homicide) or in specific setting population hospitals, youth). Despite extensive literature on fatality generally, the suicide teams specifically scant. The aim this paper to: describe implementation local adult commission, detail examples initial outcomes and recommendations developed by provide and/or best practices for how develop implement an...

Different populations experience suicide at different rates. Some studies have found an increased risk of among individuals with tattoos. Studies indicate a higher prevalence mental health disorders one or more These findings signal need to explore prevention in tattoo shops. The aim this project is determine the feasibility, acceptability, and interest providing education on artists. We conducted cross-sectional survey Survey items assessed artists' experiences clients expressing issues...

Suicide continues to be a public health crisis among adolescents in the United States. prevention requires comprehensive understanding of factors that lead death from suicide. Housing stability is an important social determinant health, and literature has begun describe how housing instability can affect mental as well suicidal behavior. The aim present study was assess relationship between lifetime mobility behavior (both ideation attempt). This examines disparities determine whether...

Suicide is a major public health concern in the United States. Veterans are among those at higher risk for death by suicide. Firearm ownership one factor that contributes to veterans’ elevated suicide risk. The current study sought determine effectiveness of an evidence-based, multi-media advertising campaign with specific focus on veterans related secure storage firearms and general help-seeking attitudes during mental crisis. Results indicated positive changes (a) toward seeking help from...

Combined ED and police department (PD) data have improved violence surveillance in the UK, enabling significantly prevention. We sought to determine if addition of emergency medical service (EMS) would contribute meaningful information on violence-related paediatric injuries beyond PD record a US city.Cross-sectional self-reported youth treated between January 2015 September 2016 were combined with incidents classified by EMS as intentional interpersonal which responded injury from simple or...

<h3>Purpose</h3> The Cardiff Model has reduced violence in Cardiff, Wales through data collection emergency departments (EDs), geospatial analysis of combined ED and police data-informed prevention approaches. We describe initial results combining multiple sources to develop an enhanced surveillance system Milwaukee, WI. <h3>Methods</h3> Geographic on assaults was collected a level one paediatric trauma centre. For assault incidents between 1/2015–9/2016, where juvenile victim, medical...

Objectives Our understanding of community violence is limited by incomplete information, which can potentially be resolved collecting violence-related injury information through healthcare systems in tandem with prior data streams. This study assessed the feasibility implementing Cardiff Model collection procedures emergency department (ED) setting to improve multisystem sharing capabilities and create more representative datasets. Design Information fields were incorporated into ED...

Objective Suicide is the second leading cause of death in youth ten years old or older. Healthcare utilization prior to by suicide high adults, but there conflicting evidence youth. The objective this study was compare healthcare who died a motor vehicle accident (MVC) determine whether associated with youth.Methods This retrospective case-control used records from Coroners/Medical Examiners (C/MEs) for children 11–17 (case) and MVC (control) between October 2013 2018 were obtained. Data...

BACKGROUND: Trauma registries exist to provide data for evaluating the quality of care trauma patients. These facilitate research and can be used outreach, planning, improvement in patient outcomes. However, accuracy registry related suicide has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE: This study sought evaluate current coding practices labeling injury as a attempt among patients presenting Level I center after self-inflicted injury. METHODS: We conducted single-center, retrospective cohort...

Objectives: The utilization of de-identified Emergency Department (ED) information on assaults to inform law enforcement and public health organizations has proven successful in European cities. In Cardiff, Great Britain real time geocoded hospital data allowed for the development evaluation novel policy program interventions violence prevention. purpose this study was assess feasibility implementing model within electronic medical record (EMR) a pediatric ED describe initial findings....