Mark S Kaplan
Biographic Data
| ID | 265186 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark S Kaplan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark S |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaplan |
| SIGNATURE | KAPLAN M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Portland State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8511-9665 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 224 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Extreme Risk Protection Orders and Firearm and Nonfirearm Suicides in the US
In this cohort study, ERPO laws in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Rhode Island were associated with substantial reductions in firearm suicides, with no evidence of substitution with nonfirearm methods. These findings support ERPOs as targeted public health interventions to reduce firearm suicides without increasing suicides by other methods
Direct Estimation of Alcohol-Attributable Fractions for Suicide in the United States, 2021
Objectives. To estimate the alcohol-attributable fraction (AAF) for suicide in the United States. Methods. Using restricted-access data from the National Violent Death Reporting System for 2021, we estimated the sex-specific AAF for suicide, among those 15 years of age and older, by sociodemographic characteristics and suicide means. An alcohol-attributable suicide was defined as that for which the decedent had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.…
Types of suicide pacts: A comparative analysis using the National Violent Death Reporting System
Overall, our findings indicate that suicide pacts wherein all decedents died by self-harm and suicide pacts that involved an assisted suicide appear to have largely distinct profiles. While further research is required, the discrete characteristics of these two types of suicide pacts have important implications for prevention
Acute Use of Alcohol and Methods of Suicide in a US National Sample
Objectives. We explored age, gender, and racial/ethnic differences with alcohol use and firearms, hanging or asphyxiation, and poisoning methods of suicide. Methods. We analyzed data for 37 993 suicide decedents aged 18 years and older from the 2005–2010 National Violent Death Reporting System database. Multinomial logistic regressions examined associations of method with alcohol use defined by blood alcohol content. Two-way interactions tested t…
The Effects of Misclassification Biases on Veteran Suicide Rate Estimates
Objectives. We assessed the impact that possible veteran suicide misclassification biases (i.e., inaccuracy in ascertainment of veteran status on the death certificate and misclassification of suicide as other manner of death) have on veteran suicide rate estimates. Methods. We obtained suicide mortality data from the 2003–2010 National Violent Death Reporting System and the 2003–2010 Department of Defense Casualty Analysis System. We derived pop…
Huguet et al. Respond
AffiliationsNathalie Huguet is with the Center for Public Health Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Mark S. Kaplan is with the Department of Social Welfare, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles. Bentson H. McFarland is with the Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
Acute Alcohol Consumption as a Contributing Factor to Suicidal Behavior
AffiliationsMark S. Kaplan is with the School of Community Health, and Nathalie Huguet is with the Center for Public Health Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Norman Giesbrecht is with the Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario. Raul Caetano is with the University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus, Dallas. Kenneth R. Conner is with the Departme…
Trajectories of health-related quality of life by socio-economic status in a nationally representative Canadian cohort
BACKGROUND: Mortality and morbidity have been shown to follow a 'social gradient' in Canada and many other countries around the world. Comparatively little, however, is known about whether ageing amplifies, diminishes or sustains socio-economic inequalities in health. METHODS: Growth curve analysis of seven cycles of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (n=13,682) for adults aged 20 and older at baseline (1994/95). The outcome of intere…
Estimating the Risk of Suicide Among US Veterans: How Should We Proceed From Here
The article reports on the prevalence of suicide in the U.S., and particularly, on a high rate of suicide which is seen among active members of the U.S. military and among U.S. military veterans. In the article the authors offer their opinions on the important role that the assessment of U.S. military members and veterans can play in preventing suicide
Suicide Risk and Precipitating Circumstances Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Male Veterans
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of suicide among veteran men relative to nonveteran men by age and to examine the prevalence of suicide circumstances among male veterans in different age groups (18–34, 35–44, 45–64, and ≥ 65 years). Methods. Data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (2003–2008) were used to calculate age-specific suicide rates for veterans (n = 8440) and nonveterans (n = 21 668) and to c…
Bodyweight, gender, and quality of life: A population-based longitudinal study
Factors associated with suicide by firearm among U.S. older adult men
Suicide is a leading cause of death in older adulthood, and most (80%) older men who die of suicide do so with firearms. This paper examines a number of risk factors and precipitating circumstances that contribute to suicidal behavior involving firearms among men aged 65 and older. Data were obtained from the 2003 to 2007 National Violent Death Reporting System restricted access database. Using multivariate logistic regression, a model was develo…
Health Behavior Change Following Chronic Illness in Middle and Later Life
Results provide important new information on health behavior changes among those with chronic disease and suggest that intensive efforts are required to help initiate and maintain lifestyle improvements among this population
Self-reported hypertension prevalence and income among older adults in Canada and the United States
The construct validity of the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 in assessing mental health in population health surveys
The construct validity of the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 in assessing mental health in population health surveys
Socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life among elderly people: Results from the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health
The predictive validity of health-related quality of life measures: Mortality in a longitudinal population-based study
Suicide among male veterans: A prospective population-based study
Objectives: To assess the risk of mortality from suicide among male veteran participants in a large population-based health survey. Design and setting: A prospective follow-up study in the US. Data were obtained from the US National Health Interview Surveys 1986–94 and linked to the Multiple Cause of Death file (1986–97) through the National Death Index. Participants: The sample comprised 320 890 men, aged ≥18 years at baseline. The participants …
Racial differences in the characteristics of firearm suicide decedents in the United States
Focusing on the reported growing use of firearms to complete suicide among African Americans, this article analyzes the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey to examine the association of firearm suicide with race, education, geographic region, access to a firearm, depressive symptoms, and mental health service utilization on decedents aged 15 years and older. After controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical variables, the analy…
Physical illness, functional limitations, and suicide risk: A population-based study
The purpose of this study was to assess the independent association of physical illness and functional limitations with suicide mortality risk. The Cox proportional hazards model was used with data from the 1986-1994 National Health Interview Survey linked to the 1986-1997 National Death Index to analyze the effects of chronic physical illness and functional limitations on suicide deaths (ICD-9 E950-959). After controlling for potential confounde…
The health consciousness myth: Implications of the near independence of major health behaviors in the North American population
The association between length of residence and obesity among Hispanic immigrants
Spending more, feeling worse: Medical care expenditures and self rated health: Figure 1
International comparisons show that the United States spends more on health care than other industrialised nations.1 According to 2000 data, the United States led the way in per capita healthcare spending at $4631, more than double the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) median of $1983 (in purchasing power parities based on the US dollar).2 Despite massive medical care expenditures, the US lags behind its industrialised …
Acculturation status and hypertension among Asian immigrants in Canada: Table 1
Some evidence of a protective function of immigrant status against chronic illness is found in the literature.1 However, as immigrants' period of residence and level of acculturation increase, so does the prevalence of chronic conditions.2,3 One classic study found that more traditional Japanese compared with their Westernised counterparts had a lower coronary heart disease prevalence rate.4 A MEDLINE/PubMed search found few published studies of …
Adverse effects of acculturation: Psychological distress among Mexican American young adults
Suicide among male veterans: A prospective population-based study
Objectives: To assess the risk of mortality from suicide among male veteran participants in a large population-based health survey. Design and setting: A prospective follow-up study in the US. Data were obtained from the US National Health Interview Surveys 1986–94 and linked to the Multiple Cause of Death file (1986–97) through the National Death Index. Participants: The sample comprised 320 890 men, aged ≥18 years at baseline. The participants …
Firearm suicides and homicides in the United States: Regional Variations and Patterns of Gun Ownership
Socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life among elderly people: Results from the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health
Health Behavior Change Following Chronic Illness in Middle and Later Life
Results provide important new information on health behavior changes among those with chronic disease and suggest that intensive efforts are required to help initiate and maintain lifestyle improvements among this population
The health consciousness myth: Implications of the near independence of major health behaviors in the North American population
Suicide Risk and Precipitating Circumstances Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Male Veterans
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of suicide among veteran men relative to nonveteran men by age and to examine the prevalence of suicide circumstances among male veterans in different age groups (18–34, 35–44, 45–64, and ≥ 65 years). Methods. Data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (2003–2008) were used to calculate age-specific suicide rates for veterans (n = 8440) and nonveterans (n = 21 668) and to c…
Self-reported hypertension prevalence and income among older adults in Canada and the United States
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Canada and the United States
Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has stimulated discussion in both Canada1–4 and the United States5–12 on topics such as who might benefit from CAM insurance coverage and the role of CAM as a substitute for use of conventional medical treatment vs a supplement to such treatment. In the United States, members of racial or ethnic minority groups are less likely to use CAM than are White people, and elevated income is a strong pre…
Appraisal of health risks: The Roles of Masculinity, Femininity, and Sex
The study examined the relationship between gender role orientation and appraisals of health risks. A random sample of college students from a U.S. university responded to the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). Subjects also were presented with sets of scenarios that depicted health-threatening events. They rated the extent to which different environmental events and the degree to which immediate illness symptoms posed a threat to their health. The r…
Acute Use of Alcohol and Methods of Suicide in a US National Sample
Objectives. We explored age, gender, and racial/ethnic differences with alcohol use and firearms, hanging or asphyxiation, and poisoning methods of suicide. Methods. We analyzed data for 37 993 suicide decedents aged 18 years and older from the 2005–2010 National Violent Death Reporting System database. Multinomial logistic regressions examined associations of method with alcohol use defined by blood alcohol content. Two-way interactions tested t…
Factors associated with suicide by firearm among U.S. older adult men
Suicide is a leading cause of death in older adulthood, and most (80%) older men who die of suicide do so with firearms. This paper examines a number of risk factors and precipitating circumstances that contribute to suicidal behavior involving firearms among men aged 65 and older. Data were obtained from the 2003 to 2007 National Violent Death Reporting System restricted access database. Using multivariate logistic regression, a model was develo…
Acculturation status and hypertension among Asian immigrants in Canada: Table 1
Some evidence of a protective function of immigrant status against chronic illness is found in the literature.1 However, as immigrants' period of residence and level of acculturation increase, so does the prevalence of chronic conditions.2,3 One classic study found that more traditional Japanese compared with their Westernised counterparts had a lower coronary heart disease prevalence rate.4 A MEDLINE/PubMed search found few published studies of …
Trajectories of health-related quality of life by socio-economic status in a nationally representative Canadian cohort
BACKGROUND: Mortality and morbidity have been shown to follow a 'social gradient' in Canada and many other countries around the world. Comparatively little, however, is known about whether ageing amplifies, diminishes or sustains socio-economic inequalities in health. METHODS: Growth curve analysis of seven cycles of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (n=13,682) for adults aged 20 and older at baseline (1994/95). The outcome of intere…
Firearm suicide among older women in the U.S
Estimating the Risk of Suicide Among US Veterans: How Should We Proceed From Here
The article reports on the prevalence of suicide in the U.S., and particularly, on a high rate of suicide which is seen among active members of the U.S. military and among U.S. military veterans. In the article the authors offer their opinions on the important role that the assessment of U.S. military members and veterans can play in preventing suicide
Sociodemographic and geographic patterns of firearm suicide in the United States, 1989–1993
Aids: Individualizing a social problem
The Effects of Misclassification Biases on Veteran Suicide Rate Estimates
Objectives. We assessed the impact that possible veteran suicide misclassification biases (i.e., inaccuracy in ascertainment of veteran status on the death certificate and misclassification of suicide as other manner of death) have on veteran suicide rate estimates. Methods. We obtained suicide mortality data from the 2003–2010 National Violent Death Reporting System and the 2003–2010 Department of Defense Casualty Analysis System. We derived pop…
Acute Alcohol Consumption as a Contributing Factor to Suicidal Behavior
AffiliationsMark S. Kaplan is with the School of Community Health, and Nathalie Huguet is with the Center for Public Health Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Norman Giesbrecht is with the Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario. Raul Caetano is with the University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas Regional Campus, Dallas. Kenneth R. Conner is with the Departme…
Spending more, feeling worse: Medical care expenditures and self rated health: Figure 1
International comparisons show that the United States spends more on health care than other industrialised nations.1 According to 2000 data, the United States led the way in per capita healthcare spending at $4631, more than double the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) median of $1983 (in purchasing power parities based on the US dollar).2 Despite massive medical care expenditures, the US lags behind its industrialised …
Women Behind Bars: Trends and Policy Issues
In the crusade to get tough on crime, policy makers have also gotten tough on women, drawing them into prisons in rapidly growing numbers. Today, incarcerated women are predominately poor, uneducated, and unskilled; are disproportionately African American and Latina young women with children; and have severe health and mental health problems. This article examines the characteristics and needs of these women and presents recommendations for their…
Feminization of the Aids Epidemic
Although males still constitute a substantial number of persons with AIDS, it is becoming clear that this is a disease affecting women and minority populations more adversely. Today women, while representing approximately 16 percent of all AIDS cases nationwide that are reported to the Centers for Disease Control, make up the fastest-growing segment of the population with AIDS. This article contends that AIDS is increasingly afflicting women who …
Aids, Health Policy, and Ethics
AIDS is now a disease primarily of disadvantaged people of color, and a particularly vulnerable group is poor women of color. This article presents a general view of HIV testing from the perspective of the contemporary surveillance and control of urban populations, using a proposed Illinois state neonatal-maternal testing policy targeted at high seroprevalence areas as an example to demonstrate that surveillance and the regulation of women's bodi…
Books in review
Adverse effects of acculturation: Psychological distress among Mexican American young adults
Aids: Individualizing a social problem
Aids, Health Policy, and Ethics
AIDS is now a disease primarily of disadvantaged people of color, and a particularly vulnerable group is poor women of color. This article presents a general view of HIV testing from the perspective of the contemporary surveillance and control of urban populations, using a proposed Illinois state neonatal-maternal testing policy targeted at high seroprevalence areas as an example to demonstrate that surveillance and the regulation of women's bodi…
Women and Drug Policy: Implications of Normalization
This article discusses some of the adverse effects that the U. S. punitive drug policy has on women in the form of gender-biased or inaccessible treatment programs, the prosecution of pregnant drug users, and the rising population of female prisoners. It contrasts the U.S. policy with the Dutch normalization policy, showing that normalization is a more humane and pragmatic alternative to this country's punitive and moralistic approach
Feminization of the Aids Epidemic
Although males still constitute a substantial number of persons with AIDS, it is becoming clear that this is a disease affecting women and minority populations more adversely. Today women, while representing approximately 16 percent of all AIDS cases nationwide that are reported to the Centers for Disease Control, make up the fastest-growing segment of the population with AIDS. This article contends that AIDS is increasingly afflicting women who …
Appraisal of health risks: The Roles of Masculinity, Femininity, and Sex
The study examined the relationship between gender role orientation and appraisals of health risks. A random sample of college students from a U.S. university responded to the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). Subjects also were presented with sets of scenarios that depicted health-threatening events. They rated the extent to which different environmental events and the degree to which immediate illness symptoms posed a threat to their health. The r…
Books in review
Women Behind Bars: Trends and Policy Issues
In the crusade to get tough on crime, policy makers have also gotten tough on women, drawing them into prisons in rapidly growing numbers. Today, incarcerated women are predominately poor, uneducated, and unskilled; are disproportionately African American and Latina young women with children; and have severe health and mental health problems. This article examines the characteristics and needs of these women and presents recommendations for their…
Distress and coping among women with HIV infection: Preliminary findings from a multiethnic sample
In a multiethnic sample of 53 women with HIV/AIDS, nearly 40% reported clinically significant levels of depression symptomatology and anxiety. Compared to a nonpatient norm, distress levels were higher among the Latina, African-American, and white women who made up the HIV sample. Prayer and rediscovery of self were their most frequent coping responses, suggesting that clinicians working with HIV/AIDS populations not overlook the importance of sp…
Firearm suicide among older women in the U.S
Firearm suicides and homicides in the United States: Regional Variations and Patterns of Gun Ownership
Demography of aging
Sociodemographic and geographic patterns of firearm suicide in the United States, 1989–1993
Acculturation status and hypertension among Asian immigrants in Canada: Table 1
Some evidence of a protective function of immigrant status against chronic illness is found in the literature.1 However, as immigrants' period of residence and level of acculturation increase, so does the prevalence of chronic conditions.2,3 One classic study found that more traditional Japanese compared with their Westernised counterparts had a lower coronary heart disease prevalence rate.4 A MEDLINE/PubMed search found few published studies of …
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Canada and the United States
Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has stimulated discussion in both Canada1–4 and the United States5–12 on topics such as who might benefit from CAM insurance coverage and the role of CAM as a substitute for use of conventional medical treatment vs a supplement to such treatment. In the United States, members of racial or ethnic minority groups are less likely to use CAM than are White people, and elevated income is a strong pre…
The association between length of residence and obesity among Hispanic immigrants
Spending more, feeling worse: Medical care expenditures and self rated health: Figure 1
International comparisons show that the United States spends more on health care than other industrialised nations.1 According to 2000 data, the United States led the way in per capita healthcare spending at $4631, more than double the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) median of $1983 (in purchasing power parities based on the US dollar).2 Despite massive medical care expenditures, the US lags behind its industrialised …
The health consciousness myth: Implications of the near independence of major health behaviors in the North American population
The predictive validity of health-related quality of life measures: Mortality in a longitudinal population-based study
Suicide among male veterans: A prospective population-based study
Objectives: To assess the risk of mortality from suicide among male veteran participants in a large population-based health survey. Design and setting: A prospective follow-up study in the US. Data were obtained from the US National Health Interview Surveys 1986–94 and linked to the Multiple Cause of Death file (1986–97) through the National Death Index. Participants: The sample comprised 320 890 men, aged ≥18 years at baseline. The participants …
Racial differences in the characteristics of firearm suicide decedents in the United States
Focusing on the reported growing use of firearms to complete suicide among African Americans, this article analyzes the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey to examine the association of firearm suicide with race, education, geographic region, access to a firearm, depressive symptoms, and mental health service utilization on decedents aged 15 years and older. After controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical variables, the analy…
Physical illness, functional limitations, and suicide risk: A population-based study
The purpose of this study was to assess the independent association of physical illness and functional limitations with suicide mortality risk. The Cox proportional hazards model was used with data from the 1986-1994 National Health Interview Survey linked to the 1986-1997 National Death Index to analyze the effects of chronic physical illness and functional limitations on suicide deaths (ICD-9 E950-959). After controlling for potential confounde…
Socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life among elderly people: Results from the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health
The construct validity of the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 in assessing mental health in population health surveys
Medicine (35 works) · Environmental health (25 works) · Demography (21 works) · Gerontology (21 works) · Population (21 works) · Psychiatry (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (15 works) · Poison control (14 works) · Suicide prevention (14 works)