Measuring violence-related attitudes, behaviors, and influences among youths: A compendium of assessment tools

LL Dahlberg, SB Toal, MH Swahn, CB Behrens - Centers for disease control …, 2005 - ERIC
Youth violence is a serious global public health problem. Despite a decline in homicide
rates across the United States during the 1990s, homicide rates are again rising and …

The impact of alcohol taxation changes on unrecorded alcohol consumption: a review and recommendations

J Rehm, M Neufeld, R Room, B Sornpaisarn… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The diverse forms of unrecorded alcohol, defined as beverage alcohol not
registered in official statistics in the country where it is consumed, comprise about one fourth …

Age of alcohol use initiation, suicidal behavior, and peer and dating violence victimization and perpetration among high-risk, seventh-grade adolescents

MH Swahn, RM Bossarte, EE Sullivent III - Pediatrics, 2008 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. We examined the cross-sectional associations between reports of an early age
of alcohol use initiation and suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and peer and dating violence …

Gender, early alcohol use, and suicide ideation and attempts: findings from the 2005 youth risk behavior survey

MH Swahn, RM Bossarte - Journal of adolescent health, 2007 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To examine the cross-sectional associations between preteen alcohol use
initiation and subsequent suicide ideation and attempts for boys and girls in a nationally …

Childhood maltreatment and early alcohol use among high-risk adolescents

ME Hamburger, RT Leeb, MH Swahn - Journal of Studies on Alcohol and …, 2008 - jsad.com
Objective: Child maltreatment (CM) is prevalent among US youth and has been associated
with subsequent maladaptive behaviors, including substance use. The current study …

Alcohol-consumption behaviors and risk for physical fighting and injuries among adolescent drinkers

MH Swahn, TR Simon, BJ Hammig, JL Guerrero - Addictive behaviors, 2004 - Elsevier
This study examined the associations between specific alcohol-use measures and physical
fighting, injuries received, and injuries inflicted on others while fighting. We conducted cross …

Binge drinking and violence

RD Brewer, MH Swahn - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL WAS RESPON-sible for approximately 75 000
deaths and 2.3 mil-lion years of potential life lost (about 30 years of life lost per death) in the …

Linking dating violence, peer violence, and suicidal behaviors among high-risk youth

MH Swahn, TR Simon, MF Hertz, I Arias… - American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Gaps in the understanding of how different types of violent behavior are
linked have limited the ability to design violence prevention efforts that can address multiple …

Disentangling the coronavirus disease 2019 health disparities in African Americans: Biological, environmental, and social factors

G Saini, MH Swahn, R Aneja - Open forum infectious diseases, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The stark racial disparities related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in
the United States, wherein minority populations are disproportionately getting infected and …

Stalking in the United States: Recent national prevalence estimates

KC Basile, MH Swahn, J Chen, LE Saltzman - American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Stalking is a major public health concern, primarily for women, and is
associated with many adverse health outcomes, including death. However, the prevalence …