Health Problems and Male Firearm Suicide

Autor/inn/en	Hempstead, Katherine; Nguyen, Tuan; David-Rus, Richard; Jacquemin, Bretta
Titel	Health Problems and Male Firearm Suicide
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 43 (2013) 1, S.1-16 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00123.x
Schlagwörter	Males; Masculinity; Weapons; Suicide; At Risk Persons; Hypothesis Testing; Physical Health; Hospitals; Social Attitudes; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Marital Status; Environmental Influences; Mental Health; Legal Problems; Substance Abuse; Interpersonal Relationship; Self Destructive Behavior; Counties; New Jersey; General Social Survey; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Männlichkeit; Weapon; Waffe; Selbstmord; Risikogruppe; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Gesundheitszustand; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied; Familienstand; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Psychohygiene; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung
Abstract	Drawing on constructs of masculinity as it relates to both gun ownership and men's health, we use a rich data set, the New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System as well as hospital discharge data, to analyze 3,413 completed male suicides between the years of 2003 and 2009. We test the hypotheses that the use of firearms is more common when physical health problems are cited as suicide circumstances, and that suicide decedents who use firearms have poorer physical health than those who used other methods. Results show that firearms are disproportionately used in male suicides when physical health is listed as a circumstance. Additionally, among suicide decedents with a hospitalization during the 3 years prior to death, those who used firearms were in poorer health than those who used other methods. These findings have implications for prevention efforts, because restricting access to lethal means is an important aspect of suicide prevention. (Contains 1 figure and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10