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Hammig B, Bordelon A, Chandler C. Examining media reports of pediatric unintentional firearm injury deaths for prevention messaging concerning secured storage of firearms: U.S., 2021-2022. Inj Epidemiol 2024; 11:6. [PMID: 38351028 PMCID: PMC10863185 DOI: 10.1186/s40621-024-00485-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Media outlets that report on firearm injuries and deaths may provide an important role in emphasizing safe storage practices, particularly when unintentional firearm injuries and deaths occur among young children. There has been a scarcity of research on aspects of media reports on injuries, particularly concerning prevention messaging. The objective of the present study was to examine prevention messaging on the safe storage of firearms among media outlets when reporting on unintentional firearm injury deaths among children aged 0-11. METHODS The Gun Violence Archive collects information from media sources regarding firearm injuries and deaths. We analyzed data from 2021 to 2022 to analyze prevention messaging incorporated into the media reports. We then examined if media reporting of events that occurred in States with child access prevention (CAP) laws had a higher likelihood of including prevention messaging compared to those events occurring in States without CAP laws. RESULTS There were 223 deaths reported that were attributed to unintentional firearm discharge among children aged 0-11. Prevention messages were delivered in 61 of the 223 incidents. Specific messages which included the word "lock" when referring to firearm storage were included in 21.9% of all incidents. An analysis examining State CAP laws and the presence of any prevention message per event did not yield any discernable relationship. CONCLUSION Inclusion of prevention messaging stating that firearms should be stored locked and unloaded when reporting on unintentional firearm injury deaths among children is lacking. When specific prevention messaging was included, the source was often law enforcement. Public health officials may play an important role in educating the journalistic and law enforcement communities about the inclusion of safe storage messages when reporting on firearm deaths.
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- Bart Hammig
- Public Health Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
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- Public Health Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Public Health Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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Ionita G, Bonafede M, Ariani F, Marinaccio A, Morabito M, Levi M. Development of a Prototype Observatory of Heat-Related Occupational Illnesses and Injuries through the Collection of Information from the Italian Press, as Part of the WORKLIMATE Project. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:4530. [PMID: 36901537 PMCID: PMC10001888 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Exposure to heat is a recognized occupational risk factor. Deaths and accidents at work caused by high temperatures are underestimated. With the aim of detecting and monitoring heat-related illnesses and injuries, a prototype database of occupational events attributable to critical thermal conditions reported in Italian newspapers was created. Information was analyzed from national and local online newspapers using a web application. The analysis was conducted from May to September during the three-year period 2020-2022. Articles concerning 35 occupational heat-related illnesses and injuries were selected; 57.1% of the events were reported in 2022, and 31.4% of total accidents occurred in the month of July 2022, when the Universal Thermal Climate Index daily mean values corresponded to "moderate heat stress" (51.0%) and "strong heat stress" (49.0%). Fatal heat-related illnesses were the most frequent conditions described. In most cases, workers had been involved in outdoor activities in the construction sector. A comprehensive report was created by compiling all relevant newspaper articles to enhance awareness of this issue among relevant stakeholders and promote heat-risk prevention strategies in the current context where heatwaves are becoming increasingly frequent, intense and long-lasting.
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- Giulia Ionita
- Medical Specialization School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene Department, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), 00143 Rome, Italy
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- CeRIMP (Regional Centre for Occupational Injuries and Disease of Tuscany), Local Health Authority Tuscany Centre, 50135 Florence, Italy
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- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene Department, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), 00143 Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Bioeconomy, National Research Council (IBE-CNR), 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority Tuscany Centre, 50135 Florence, Italy
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Randall JR, Pennetta De Oliveira L, Belton K, Voaklander D. Agriculture-related Injuries: Discussion in Canadian Media. J Agromedicine 2020; 25:312-318. [PMID: 31985362 DOI: 10.1080/1059924x.2020.1720881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Objectives: This study examined news media reporting on farm injuries in Canada for the occurrence of prevention messages and factors related to whether an event was reported in more than one article. Methods: This study used a media database maintained by the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), which stores publicly available news media reports of agricultural injuries and fatalities in Canada. Media reports were obtained for the years 2010 through 2017. Reports were coded as whether they reported a fatal or non-fatal injury, age and gender of those affected, urban or rural media, as well as whether they involved machinery, or were in French. Logistic regression was used to determine which variables predicted an event being reported more than once, and whether a report included a prevention message. Results: The database identified 856 relevant articles. Only 6.3% of the articles included a prevention message, and 34.7% were duplicate articles. Fatal injuries were more likely to be reported in multiple articles (odds ratio: 2.44). There was also significant variation in the occurrence of multiple reports across the years of the study. Prevention messages were more likely to occur when at least one child or female victim was involved in an event. However, only year of publication remained significantly associated with the occurrence of a prevention message in multivariable regression (odds ratio: 0.85). Conclusion: Prevention messages are rare in media reporting of farm injuries and are decreasing over time. Improved reporting is needed to aid in farm injury prevention.
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- Jason R Randall
- Injury Prevention Centre, School of Public Health, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Injury Prevention Centre, School of Public Health, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Injury Prevention Centre, School of Public Health, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Injury Prevention Centre, School of Public Health, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Viradia R, Annie FH, Kali M, Hayes JD, Pollock F. Farming Related Trauma Injuries in Southern West Virginia With a Focus on Risks, Injury Trends, and Associated Co-morbidities. Cureus 2019; 11:e6031. [PMID: 31824798 PMCID: PMC6886643 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.6031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background The implementation of safety policies in farming-related injuries in West Virginia has been lacking. Farming-related injuries have resulted in massive injuries that have resulted in life long injuries and death. Therefore, this study aims to review 12 years of our level 1 trauma data and describe the incidence rate and patterns of priority-related farming injuries in West Virginia, as well as the specific co-morbidities and related injuries that might be more susceptible to damage. Methods We examined 82 cases of farm-related injuries that required trauma-priority related intervention from 2005 -2016. We harvested data from the Charleston Area Medical Center Trauma registry to investigate associated injuries. We defined farm equipment as any mechanical or automated tool used on a farm for related farm upkeep or farm-related activity. Multinomial logistic regression was used to understand the overall impact on the differing effects of years of injuries. Results The total number of farming-related injury cases was 82. The most statistically suggestive finding was those that had a positive narcotics urine test at (p= 0.062) (-.3230-12.82). Those with a history of CHF (congestive heart failure) also had a significant statistical relationship at (p=0.001) (-5.477-1.394). Alcohol use disorder was also a significant statistical relationship (p=0.012) (-5.127--.6728). The most common injuries were concussions at 18 % ( 15/82) followed by rib fractures at 17 % ( 14/82). Conclusion Farming-related injuries appear to have increased risks on specific body and organ systems, as described in our initial data analysis. Specific co-morbidities also have been documented to show a higher risk of injury and would need further investigation. Specific years show a higher prevalence of farming injuries compared to other years. Further research is needed to explore these underlying findings.
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- Ravi Viradia
- Surgery, Charleston Area Medical Center/ West Virginia University, Charleston, USA
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- Cardiology, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, USA
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- Clinical Research, Charleston Area Medical Health Education and Research Institute, Charleston, USA
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- Surgery, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, USA
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Rondelli V, Casazza C, Martelli R. Tractor rollover fatalities, analyzing accident scenario. JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH 2018; 67:99-106. [PMID: 30553435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2018.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION In many countries, traditional data sources for collecting injuries of workers covered by compulsory accident insurance have recently been integrated by new observatories whose results may differ. A comparative analysis of the Italian data collection systems related to fatal tractor accidents in agriculture was performed focusing on tractor rollover fatalities with the aim of analyzing the accident scenario. METHOD Data from the Operational Archives of the Italian Workers Compensation Authority (INAIL), which collects injuries of workers covered by compulsory accident insurance and those of the National Surveillance System (INAIL_ASL), which provides narrative text reports of work-related fatal accidents have been analyzed and compared to the information collected by the INAIL Observatory. The INAL Observatory was recently set up to complement the collection of fatal accidents involving agricultural machinery. Italian data were then compared to data available at an international level. Fatal tractor accidents vary considerably with respect to fatal accidents in agriculture, being 10.6 and 43.7% for the Operational Archives and Surveillance System, respectively. National Surveillance System records, implemented with narrative texts allowed the accident scenario to be defined. RESULTS 71.7% of fatal tractor-related accidents refer to non-ROPS equipped vehicles and of these, 26.5% involved machines originally mounted with a ROPS that had been removed or was inoperative in the folded-down position during the rollover event. Just one fatal event from a collapsed ROPS on the overturned tractor was recorded. It is interesting that 16.6% of fatal accidents involved a clear environmental factor. PRACTICAL APPLICATION A campaign to train tractor drivers on the correct use of the combination ROPS and seatbelt can contribute to decreasing rollover events with fatal outcomes. Contemporarily a strict requirement to install ROPS and a seatbelt on tractors, combined to an official inspection at the farm level, can increase the chance of survival in a rollover accident.
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- Valda Rondelli
- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
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Weichelt B, Salzwedel M, Heiberger S, Lee BC. Establishing a publicly available national database of US news articles reporting agriculture-related injuries and fatalities. Am J Ind Med 2018; 61:667-674. [PMID: 29790197 DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND The AgInjuryNews system and dataset are a news report repository and information source for agricultural safety professionals, policymakers, journalists, and law enforcement officials. METHODS AgInjuryNews was designed as a primary storage and retrieval system that allows users to: identify agricultural injury/fatality events; identify injury agents and emerging issues; provide safety messages for media in anticipation of trends; and raise awareness and knowledge of agricultural injuries and prevention strategies. Data are primarily collected through Google Alerts and a digital media subscription service. Articles are screened, reviewed, coded, and entered into the system. RESULTS As of January 1, 2018, the system contained 3028 unique incidents. Of those, 650 involved youth, and 1807 were fatalities. The system also had registered 329 users from 39 countries. CONCLUSIONS AgInjuryNews combines injury reports into one dataset and may be the most current and comprehensive publicly available collection of news reports on agricultural injuries and deaths.
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- Bryan Weichelt
- National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin
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- National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin
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- National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin
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- National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin
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Weichelt B, Gorucu S. Supplemental surveillance: a review of 2015 and 2016 agricultural injury data from news reports on AgInjuryNews.org. Inj Prev 2018; 25:228-235. [DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BackgroundAgriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry is the most hazardous occupational sector in the USA. Even with this level of occupational risk, several national and state-level occupational injury surveillance programmes have been eliminated, leaving regional efforts to analyse multiple sources and compile data on agricultural injuries and fatalities. No up-to-date centralised national database for agricultural injuries/fatalities in the USA currently exists.ObjectiveUsing the public data on AgInjuryNews.org, this study considered a wide range of variables to examine fatalities and injuries of the industry in 2015 and 2016. The results reported in this paper sought to explore and understand common data elements of US news reports.MethodsAs of 5 April 2017, more than 3000 articles across 36 years were contained in the dataset. We selected 2 years to review, 2015 and 2016, which represented the most complete years to date; 2015 was the first year in which systematic collection was initiated by the AgInjuryNews.org team. Data were coded based on the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System source and event/exposure types.ResultsA total of 1345 victims were involved in 1044 incidents. Leading sources of injuries were vehicles and machinery, and the most common event/exposure type was transportation.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated that data from AgInjuryNew.org is consistent with previous literature, and it can supply up-to-date data as an open-source surveillance supplement, disseminated for health and safety stakeholders.
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Marlenga B, Berg RL, Gallagher SS. News Reports and Their Role in Child Agricultural Injury Prevention. J Agromedicine 2017; 22:71-77. [DOI: 10.1080/1059924x.2017.1282909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Barbara Marlenga
- National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
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- Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Jennissen CA, Harland KK, Denning GM. Characteristics of Side-by-Side Vehicle Crashes and Related Injuries as Determined Using Newspaper Reports from Nine U.S. States. SAFETY 2016; 2:10.3390/safety2020010. [PMID: 35979514 PMCID: PMC9380433 DOI: 10.3390/safety2020010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
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Side-by-side (SxS) vehicles have become increasingly popular, but there are few reports on injury epidemiology. Newspaper reports of SxS and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes were analyzed for nine U.S. states from 2009 to 2011, including comparisons between the two vehicle types. Seventy-nine SxS crashes involving 104 injured victims were identified; three-fourths were males. There was a relatively high percentage of injured passengers (37%), and a higher proportion of female victims were passengers as compared to males (p = 0.015). Children <16 years of age were 44% of those injured and had the highest proportion of both passenger and operator victims as compared to other age groups. Over half of the crashes occurred on roadways; nearly two-fifths occurred at night. As compared to adults, a lower percentage of crashes involving youth were at night (p = 0.0037) but the percentages on roadways were similar. Only one in five roadway SxS crashes involved a collision with a motorized vehicle. Rollovers were the most common mechanism (50%). Two-thirds of victims were ejected, and one-half were struck or pinned by the vehicle. Twenty-eight deaths (27%) were reported. Although most current SxSs have roll bars, lack of safety belt use has likely reduced their benefit. Children should be prohibited from operating SxSs.
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- Charles A. Jennissen
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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Evans J, Heiberger S. Agricultural Media Coverage of Farm Safety: Review of the Literature. J Agromedicine 2015; 21:91-105. [DOI: 10.1080/1059924x.2015.1106376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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