User profiles for "author:Andres Villaveces"

Andrés Villaveces

Senior Scientist, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Verified email at cdc.gov
Cited by 5316

What do we know about the association between firearm legislation and firearm-related injuries?

J Santaella-Tenorio, M Cerdá, A Villaveces… - Epidemiologic …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Firearms account for a substantial proportion of external causes of death, injury, and
disability across the world. Legislation to regulate firearms has often been passed with the …

Alcohol interventions in a trauma center as a means of reducing the risk of injury recurrence

LM Gentilello, FP Rivara, DM Donovan… - Annals of …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Objective Alcoholism is the leading risk factor for injury. The authors hypothesized that
providing brief alcohol interventions as a routine component of trauma care would …

[HTML][HTML] Global minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and deaths of caregivers: a modelling study

SD Hillis, HJT Unwin, Y Chen, L Cluver, L Sherr… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic priorities have focused on prevention, detection, and
response. Beyond morbidity and mortality, pandemics carry secondary impacts, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Gun storage practices and risk of youth suicide and unintentional firearm injuries

DC Grossman, BA Mueller, C Riedy, MD Dowd… - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextHousehold firearms are associated with an elevated risk of firearm death to
occupants in the home. Many organizations and health authorities advocate locking firearms …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19–associated orphanhood and caregiver death in the United States

SD Hillis, A Blenkinsop, A Villaveces, FB Annor… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND Most coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths occur among adults, not
children, and attention has focused on mitigating COVID-19 burden among adults. However …

Housing interventions at the neighborhood level and health: a review of the evidence

RA Lindberg, ED Shenassa… - Journal of Public …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Apanel of subject matter experts systematically reviewed evidence linking neighborhood-
level housing interventions, such as housing programs or policies, to health outcomes. One …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national minimum estimates of children affected by COVID-19-associated orphanhood and caregiver death, by age and family …

HJT Unwin, S Hillis, L Cluver, S Flaxman… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background In the 6 months following our estimates from March 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021,
the proliferation of new coronavirus variants, updated mortality data, and disparities in …

Understanding the uneven distribution of the incidence of homicide in Latin America

R Briceño-León, A Villaveces… - International journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background Throughout the final years of the twentieth century and into the beginning of the
twenty-first, violence has been one of the main public health issues in Latin America, a …

Effect of a ban on carrying firearms on homicide rates in 2 Colombian cities

A Villaveces, P Cummings, VE Espitia, TD Koepsell… - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
ContextHomicide is a leading cause of death in Colombia, with much of the fatal
interpersonal violence concentrated in the country's largest cities. Firearms are involved in …

[BOOK][B] Preventing road traffic injury: a public health perspective for Europe

F Racioppi, L Eriksson, C Tingvall, A Villaveces - 2004 - apps.who.int
Road traffic injuries in the WHO European Region represent a major public health problem.
About 127 thousand people are killed and about 2.4 million injured every year. The cost of …