Accidents and Homicide

Iskrant, Albert P.; Joliet, Paul V.

doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674498945

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“…In this section, overall patterns of mortality and patterns of mortality due to violence in Alaska Natives will be presented and compared with other U.S. populations (Kraus and Buffler 1977) ~" The flow of events in Alaska in recent decades has been accompanied by rather distinctive changes in the patterning of mortality among the various populations in the State. The data presented here represent a synthesis and analysis of a sample of all deaths due to violence in Alaska during the period 1950-1974 as well as relevant data from a vriety of sources (Frederick 1973;Iskrant & Joliet 1968;Erhardt & Berlin 1974). disease; chronic disease, which comprises heart disease, cancer, stroke, and a variety of other chronic diseases usually classified separately; violence, which comprises deaths due to accidents, suicide, homicide, and alcohol; and deaths due to other causes.…”

Section: Patterns Of Mortality In Alaska As Indications Of Psychologimentioning

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Sociocultural stress and the american native in Alaska: An analysis of changing patterns of psychiatric illness and alcohol abuse among Alaska natives

Kraus¹,

Buffler²

1979

Cult Med Psych

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This paper presents selected morbidity and mortality statistics to outline developing trends and the current status of psychiatric illness and alcohol abuse among the Aleut, Athabascan, Yupik, Inupiat, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimpshian people of Alaska. Analysis of the records of the Indian Health Service, the Community Mental Health Centers and the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, the providers of care for Alaska Natives, shows that the number of individuals treated as inpatients and outpatients for psychiatric illness and alcohol abuse has been rising steadily. Accidental injury and suicidal behavior are common. The treated prevalence rates for these diagnoses exceed recorded rates for other American Native and non-Native groups. For each category of violent death, suicide, homicide, accidents and alcohol, rates for Alaska Natives are higher than rates for Alaska non-Natives, American Indians and the U.S. (all races) and are rising. The data suggest a public health problem in which the primary elements are behavioral disturbance and violent death.

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Section: Patterns Of Mortality In Alaska As Indications Of Psychologimentioning

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Sociocultural stress and the american native in Alaska: An analysis of changing patterns of psychiatric illness and alcohol abuse among Alaska natives

Kraus¹,

Buffler²

1979

Cult Med Psych

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“…Again, close relatives were specified by many children: parent (3), sibling (2), grandparent (2), other relative (17). Children whose moth-ers had 12 years or less of education were more likely to know of shootings (Table 2).…”

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Family Experiences, Attitudes, and Household Safety Practices Regarding Firearms

Wiley

Casey

1993

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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To assess families' experiences with shootings and firearm ownership and attitudes, 208 children aged 5 to 12 years were interviewed and 242 parents filled out a questionnaire, all at an urban hospital. Forty-three percent of the parents and 25% of the children had personal knowledge of shootings. Of the parents, 10% owned guns, of which only 21% were stored safely. Gun ownership was more common in homes with resident adult males (14%) than in those with no adult males (3%). Most children (81%) played with guns, and 20% to 25% preferred violent TV shows, games, and toys. Parents' and children's attitudes toward firearms and children's gun play did not differ by level of mother's education; method of payment for, or site of, health care; income; or exposure to shootings. Children with personal knowledge of shootings more often expressed fears of being shot than did other children (52% vs 31%). The children in our study population were similar in their gun play and attitudes about gun use despite disparate socioeconomic backgrounds and exposure to shootings.

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“…Diversas publicações têm procurado mostrar que os acidentes de trânsito de veículos a motor ocorrem com maior freqüência no verão 17,24 . Entre nós, além do fato não corresponder à realidade (Tabela 9), tal raciocínio não parece válido em função da inexistência de estações nitidamente marcadas, tal como acontece nos EUA.…”

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Mortalidade por causas violentas no município de São Paulo: II - mortes acidentais

Jorge

de²

1980

Rev. Saúde Pública

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Accidents and Homicide

Cited by 40 publications

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Sociocultural stress and the american native in Alaska: An analysis of changing patterns of psychiatric illness and alcohol abuse among Alaska natives

Sociocultural stress and the american native in Alaska: An analysis of changing patterns of psychiatric illness and alcohol abuse among Alaska natives

Family Experiences, Attitudes, and Household Safety Practices Regarding Firearms

Mortalidade por causas violentas no município de São Paulo: II - mortes acidentais

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