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Limiting access to items or places that may be used to complete suicide

Consensus statement on youth suicide by firearms
URL: http://www.suicidology.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=235&name=DLFE-44.pdf
Consensus statement from the Youth Suicide by Firearms Task Force addressing the objective of decreasing the number of youth suicides by firearm; covers the areas of indicated interventions, selective interventions, universal interventions, and future directions.
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Emergency department means restriction education (SPRC EBPP Fact Sheet)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/bpr/ebpp_PDF/emer_dept.pdf
A fact sheet that describes the Emergency Department Means Restriction Education Protocol. Includes a description of the program, evaluation designs and outcomes, the intended audience, and targeted protective and risk factors.
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Gun Storage practices and risk of youth suicide and unintentional firearm injuries
URL: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/293/6/707?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=guns+and+suicide&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT
Published in JAMA. 2005 Feb 9;293(6):707-14.: Research article that measures the association of specific household firearm storage practices (locking guns, locking ammunition, keeping guns unloaded) and the risk of unintentional and self-inflicted firearm injuries.
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Lethal means restriction: Its value and its problems
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/trainingandevents/conferences/co/pdf/lethalmeans.pdf
A paper presented at the SPRC Regions 7 and 8 Conference on October 28-30, 2003. The paper discusses different types of means restrictions.
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Limits on analgesic packaging (SPRC EBPP Fact Sheet)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/bpr/ebpp_PDF/analgesic_limits.pdf
A fact sheet that describes limits on analgesic packaging as a strategy to reduce intentional self-poisonings in the United Kingdom. Includes a description of the program, evaluation designs and outcomes, the intended audience, and targeted protective and risk factors.
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Lok-it-Up: A campaign to promote the safe storage of firearms
URL: http://depts.washington.edu/lokitup/index.html
This campaign raises awareness about the importance of safe firearm storage, informs the public about safe storage options, and promotes the availability of safe storage devices.
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Means matter: Suicide, guns, and public health
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/MeansMatter.pdf
Demonstrates that reducing a suicidal person’s access to lethal means helps save lives, particularly among impulsive attempters and that firearms are the most lethal and most common suicide method. "Means Matter" is a HICRC social marketing campaign aimed at educating members of the 50 statewide suicide prevention coalitions about the connection between firearms at home and increased risk of suicide.
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Recent firearms research
URL: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/Firearms.htm
Listing of current research on firearms with a section on guns and death which includes research on firearms and suicide. Contains citations as well as major findings.
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Suicide prevention: Restricting access to lethal means (SPRC Discussion Series)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/disc_9.asp
A presentation on the effectiveness of restricting access to lethal means. The Research to Practice Webinar webpage contains an author biography, PowerPoint slides, and an audio file of the discussion.
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Trends in rates and methods of suicide: United States, 1985-2004
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/SuicideTrends2.pdf
In partnership with SPRC, Harvard Injury Control Research Center analyzed trends in rates and methods of suicide over a twenty-year period. Data is presented in graph form and is categorized by means, age group, sex, and race/ethnicity for 1985 – 2004. A black and white copy is also available for optimal printing at http://www.sprc.org/library/SuicideTrends2BW.pdf
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