Clinical approaches to the prevention of firearm-related injury

PM Carter, RM Cunningham - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Clinical Approaches to Prevention of Firearm-Related Injury Injury by firearm is
preventable. Clinicians can reduce patients' risks of firearm-related injury and death using …

Preventing firearm-related death and injury

R Pallin, SA Spitzer, ML Ranney, ME Betz… - Annals of Internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Deaths and injuries from firearms are significant public health problems, and clinicians are
in a unique position to identify risk among their patients and discuss the importance of safe …

Proceedings from the medical summit on firearm injury prevention: a public health approach to reduce death and disability in the US

EM Bulger, DA Kuhls, BT Campbell… - Journal of the …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
An historic meeting of 44 major medical and injury prevention organizations and the
American Bar Association was hosted by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) February …

Firearm ownership, attitudes, and safe storage practices among a nationally representative sample of older US adults age 50 to 80

PM Carter, E Losman, JS Roche, PN Malani… - Preventive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Firearms are a leading cause of injury mortality across the lifespan, with elevated risks for
older adult populations. To inform prevention efforts, we conducted a probability-based web …

Suicide risk in first year after dementia diagnosis in older adults

T Schmutte, M Olfson, DT Maust, M Xie… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) can
be a pivotal and stressful period. We examined the risk of suicide in the first year after ADRD …

Violence in older adults: Scope, impact, challenges, and strategies for prevention

T Rosen, LK Makaroun, Y Conwell, M Betz - Health Affairs, 2019 - healthaffairs.org
Although often perceived to be a problem of the young, violence commonly affects older
adults, a rapidly growing segment of the population. Violence can be directed toward older …

Firearm-related injury and death in the United States: a call to action from the nation's leading physician and public health professional organizations

RM McLean, P Harris, J Cullen, RV Maier… - Annals of internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Firearm-Related Injury and Death in the United States: A Call to Action From the Nation's
Leading Physician and Public Health Professional Organizations | Annals of Internal Medicine …

Cars, guns, aging, and “giving up the keys”

ME Betz, ER Polzer, CE Knoepke, LC Prater… - The …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Age-associated changes can impair abilities for safe
driving and the use of firearms. We sought to examine multiple perspectives on reducing …

Defining, estimating, and communicating overdiagnosis in cancer screening

L Davies, DB Petitti, L Martin, M Woo… - Annals of internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
The toll of inadequate health care is well-substantiated, but recognition is mounting that “too
much” is also possible. Overdiagnosis represents one harm of too much medicine, but the …

External validation of the eRADAR risk score for detecting undiagnosed dementia in two real-world healthcare systems

RY Coley, JJ Smith, L Karliner, AE Idu, SJ Lee… - Journal of general …, 2023 - Springer
Background Fifty percent of people living with dementia are undiagnosed. The electronic
health record (EHR) Risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia Assessment Rule (eRADAR) was …