Katherine Kaufer Christoffel
Biographic Data
| ID | 3461542 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Kaufer Christoffel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine Kaufer |
| FAMILY NAME | Christoffel |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTOFFEL K K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Early Origins of Child Obesity
This report summarizes a conference: "Early Origins of Child Obesity: Bridging Disciplines and Phases of Development", held in Chicago on September 30-October 1, 2010. The conference was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the Williams Heart Foundation, to achieve the conference objective: forging a next-step research agenda related to the early origins of childhood obesity. This research agenda was to include working with an …
Engaging Chicago Hospitals in the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Firearm Injuries
There has been a transition in US firearm injuries from an epidemic phase (mid-1980s to early 1990s) to an endemic one (since the mid-1990s). Endemic US firearm injuries merit public health attention because they exact an ongoing toll, may give rise to new epidemic outbreaks, and can foster firearm injuries in other parts of the world. The endemic period is a good time for the development of ongoing prevention approaches, including assessment and…
Private guns, public health
Firearm-Related Death and Injury among Children and Adolescents
As the articles in this journal issue show, gun violence affects children and youth in many ways: psychologically, emotionally, financially, and legally. But first and foremost, gun violence affects children's physical safety. Therefore, this issue opens with an overview of the physical toll that firearms exact upon children and youth, reviewing the incidence of firearm-related injury and death among Americans under age 20. This article analyzes …
Christoffel Responds
Christoffel Responds Katherine Kaufer Christoffel P CatherCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.3.414 Published Online: October 07, 2011
The Consumer Product Safety Commission's opposition to consumer product safety
The Consumer Product Safety Commission's opposition to consumer product safety: lessons for public health advocates. T Christoffel, and K K ChristoffelCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.3.336 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Nonpowder firearm injuries
Nonpowder firearm injuries: whose job is it to protect children? T Christoffel, and K ChristoffelCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.6.735 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Homicide in childhood
Homicide is now among the five leading causes of death in childhood, accounting for 1/20 deaths of those less than 18 years of age. Based on childrens' changing developmental vulnerabilities, it is possible to characterize three subtypes of child homicide--infanticide, fatal child abuse and neglect after infancy, and homicide in the community. Specific approaches to primary prevention include measures to strengthen families and their community su…
Homicide in childhood
Homicide is now among the five leading causes of death in childhood, accounting for 1/20 deaths of those less than 18 years of age. Based on childrens' changing developmental vulnerabilities, it is possible to characterize three subtypes of child homicide--infanticide, fatal child abuse and neglect after infancy, and homicide in the community. Specific approaches to primary prevention include measures to strengthen families and their community su…
Firearm Injuries
There has been a transition in US firearm injuries from an epidemic phase (mid-1980s to early 1990s) to an endemic one (since the mid-1990s). Endemic US firearm injuries merit public health attention because they exact an ongoing toll, may give rise to new epidemic outbreaks, and can foster firearm injuries in other parts of the world. The endemic period is a good time for the development of ongoing prevention approaches, including assessment and…
Private guns, public health
Firearm-Related Death and Injury among Children and Adolescents
As the articles in this journal issue show, gun violence affects children and youth in many ways: psychologically, emotionally, financially, and legally. But first and foremost, gun violence affects children's physical safety. Therefore, this issue opens with an overview of the physical toll that firearms exact upon children and youth, reviewing the incidence of firearm-related injury and death among Americans under age 20. This article analyzes …
The Consumer Product Safety Commission's opposition to consumer product safety
The Consumer Product Safety Commission's opposition to consumer product safety: lessons for public health advocates. T Christoffel, and K K ChristoffelCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.3.336 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Homicide in childhood
Homicide is now among the five leading causes of death in childhood, accounting for 1/20 deaths of those less than 18 years of age. Based on childrens' changing developmental vulnerabilities, it is possible to characterize three subtypes of child homicide--infanticide, fatal child abuse and neglect after infancy, and homicide in the community. Specific approaches to primary prevention include measures to strengthen families and their community su…
Nonpowder firearm injuries
Nonpowder firearm injuries: whose job is it to protect children? T Christoffel, and K ChristoffelCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.6.735 Published Online: October 07, 2011
The Consumer Product Safety Commission's opposition to consumer product safety
The Consumer Product Safety Commission's opposition to consumer product safety: lessons for public health advocates. T Christoffel, and K K ChristoffelCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.3.336 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Christoffel Responds
Christoffel Responds Katherine Kaufer Christoffel P CatherCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.3.414 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Firearm-Related Death and Injury among Children and Adolescents
As the articles in this journal issue show, gun violence affects children and youth in many ways: psychologically, emotionally, financially, and legally. But first and foremost, gun violence affects children's physical safety. Therefore, this issue opens with an overview of the physical toll that firearms exact upon children and youth, reviewing the incidence of firearm-related injury and death among Americans under age 20. This article analyzes …
Private guns, public health
Firearm Injuries
There has been a transition in US firearm injuries from an epidemic phase (mid-1980s to early 1990s) to an endemic one (since the mid-1990s). Endemic US firearm injuries merit public health attention because they exact an ongoing toll, may give rise to new epidemic outbreaks, and can foster firearm injuries in other parts of the world. The endemic period is a good time for the development of ongoing prevention approaches, including assessment and…
Early Origins of Child Obesity
This report summarizes a conference: "Early Origins of Child Obesity: Bridging Disciplines and Phases of Development", held in Chicago on September 30-October 1, 2010. The conference was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the Williams Heart Foundation, to achieve the conference objective: forging a next-step research agenda related to the early origins of childhood obesity. This research agenda was to include working with an …
Engaging Chicago Hospitals in the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Medicine (8 works) · Occupational safety and health (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Gun Ownership and Violence Research (4 works) · Injury prevention (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Suicide prevention (4 works)