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Child Health Data Lab

The Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program
Children's Memorial Research Center

 

 

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SCRIPTS: State & Community Reports on Injury Prevalence & Targeted Solutions

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Firearm Injury Prevention State Status Report The Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP) produces this report annually to provide an update of fatal firearm injury by state and to examine state regulations regarding handguns. In addition, advocates of handgun regulations and data sources in each state are listed. The most recently published report includes mortality data from 1999 through 2004; it is available at the HELP website. The next edition is scheduled for release in Spring, 2006.

Firearm Injury Prevention State Status Reports are available at the HELP website


 Youth Injury in Chicago and its Surrounding Areas: A Look at the Data is available in the Spring 2001 edition of The Child's Doctor, Journal of the Children's Memorial Hospital.


The Center for Childhood Safety's Car Seat Distribution and Check-Up Program please click here for the executive summary.

Data and Policy Program Reports Prepared by the Violent Injury Prevention Center at CMMC, this series of three reports explores several aspects of violent injury to children and adolescents in Chicago and Illinois. Copies are available through CHDL. (See Contact Us for our mailing address.)

April 1997
  • Youth hospitalized for gunshot wounds in Illinois, 1992-1995
  • Child abuse and neglect evaluated at Children's Memorial Hospital, 1980-1996
April 1996
  • Pediatric firearm injuries reported to the Illinois Trauma Registry, 1994
October 1995
  • Developing surveillance systems for child abuse and firearm injuries
  • Pediatric firearm death and injury in Chicago, 1985-1994