Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
| Gender Differences | 5 |
| Weapons | 5 |
| Adolescents | 3 |
| Incidence | 3 |
| Injuries | 3 |
| Age Differences | 2 |
| Correlation | 2 |
| Family Environment | 2 |
| Socioeconomic Status | 2 |
| Violence | 2 |
| Accident Prevention | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Health Education & Behavior | 2 |
| Centers for Disease Control… | 1 |
| Evaluation Review | 1 |
| Journal of Community… | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Audience
Location
| California | 5 |
| Texas | 2 |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| Guam | 1 |
| Louisiana | 1 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Youth Risk Behavior Survey | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkSchwebel, David C.; Lewis, Terri; Simon, Thomas R.; Elliott, Marc N.; Toomey, Sara L.; Tortolero, Susan R.; Cuccaro, Paula M.; Schuster, Mark A. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Firearms in the home are associated with increased injury risk, especially when loaded and unlocked. In this study, 5,010 fifth-graders and their caregivers in three U.S. metropolitan areas participated in the 2004-2006 Healthy Passages study on adolescent health. Firearm ownership and storage patterns were examined by four self-reported…
Descriptors: Weapons, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Family Environment
Sorenson, Susan B.; Cook, Philip J. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
Firearms are a leading cause of mortality among adolescents, and the guns that adolescents use to harm themselves or others often come from their own homes. In this statewide, multilanguage, community-based survey of 5,704 coresiding pairs of adolescents and their parents, we asked about guns in the home and compared their responses. The…
Descriptors: Weapons, Parent Attitudes, Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes
Sorenson, Susan B. – Evaluation Review, 2006
Federal law prohibits the purchase or possession of a firearm by persons convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence and those under certain domestic violence restraining orders. The purpose of this investigation is to examine public sentiment about the removal of firearms in the absence of a restraining order or misdemeanor conviction following…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Weapons, Telephone Surveys, Males
Vittes, Katherine A.; Sorenson, Susan B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
Most research on adolescents and firearms focuses on urban populations, handguns, and homicide. This study examines the prevalence and correlates of recreational gun use (RGU)--for hunting or target shooting--among 5,801 community-residing 12- to 17-year-old Californians. Data are from the first statewide California Health Interview Survey (CHIS),…
Descriptors: Weapons, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Recreational Activities
Download full textShaw, Frederic E., Ed. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data in the weekly "MMWR" are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. This issue of "MMWR" contains the following studies: (1) Youth Risk Behavior…
Descriptors: Death, Heart Disorders, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases
