Mark L Rosenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 3488181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark L Rosenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark L |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenberg |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENBERG M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Centers |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
American Gun Violence & Mental Illness
Intentional injuries claimed nearly two hundred lives every day in the United States in 2020, about two-thirds of them suicides, each a story of irretrievable human loss. This essay addresses the complex intersection of injurious behavior with mental illness and access to firearms. It explores what more can be done to stop gun violence while respecting the rights of lawful gun owners, preserving the dignity of persons with mental illnesses, and p…
Let’s Bring the Full Power of Science to Gun Violence Prevention
Public Health Policy for Preventing Violence
Prologue: In October 1985 Surgeon General C. Everett Koop convened his Workshop on Violence and Public Health, which signaled public health's entry into the field of violence prevention. Koop called on public health professionals to “repond constructively to the ugly facts of interpersonal violence.” During the past decade the involvement of the Department of Health and Human Services in violence prevention research and programs has expanded, cul…
The federal role in injury control
Early federal injury control programs in the 1960s and 1970s were centered first in the Division of Accident Prevention (Public Health Service) and subsequently in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Department of Transportation) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the early 1970s also began to investigate injuries, particularly in the home and recreational environment. The field ex…
The federal role in injury control
Shelters for battered women and their children
A survey of 73 full-time government-funded shelters for battered women and their children from five geographic regions in 15 states provided information on communicable disease problems and control measures (focusing on diarrheal illness). Outbreaks of diarrheal illness involving more than 10 persons were reported by 12 per cent (9/73) of shelter directors. Less than half reported screening potential residents for communicable diseases before adm…
Estimating the Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent Youth Suicides
Eddy, David M. MD, PhD*; Wolpert, Robert L. PhD*; Rosenberg, Mark L. MD, MPP† Author Information
Alcohol use and interpersonal violence
To characterize the relationship between alcohol use and homicide victimization, we used data from the Los Angeles City Police Department and the Los Angeles Medical Examiner's Office to study 4,950 victims of criminal homicides in Los Angeles in the period 1970-79. Alcohol was detected in the blood of 1,883 (46 per cent) of the 4,092 victims who were tested. In 30 per cent of those tested, the blood alcohol level was greater than or equal to 100…
Readings on ethical and social issues in biomedicine
Alcohol use and interpersonal violence
To characterize the relationship between alcohol use and homicide victimization, we used data from the Los Angeles City Police Department and the Los Angeles Medical Examiner's Office to study 4,950 victims of criminal homicides in Los Angeles in the period 1970-79. Alcohol was detected in the blood of 1,883 (46 per cent) of the 4,092 victims who were tested. In 30 per cent of those tested, the blood alcohol level was greater than or equal to 100…
Shelters for battered women and their children
A survey of 73 full-time government-funded shelters for battered women and their children from five geographic regions in 15 states provided information on communicable disease problems and control measures (focusing on diarrheal illness). Outbreaks of diarrheal illness involving more than 10 persons were reported by 12 per cent (9/73) of shelter directors. Less than half reported screening potential residents for communicable diseases before adm…
American Gun Violence & Mental Illness
Intentional injuries claimed nearly two hundred lives every day in the United States in 2020, about two-thirds of them suicides, each a story of irretrievable human loss. This essay addresses the complex intersection of injurious behavior with mental illness and access to firearms. It explores what more can be done to stop gun violence while respecting the rights of lawful gun owners, preserving the dignity of persons with mental illnesses, and p…
Readings on ethical and social issues in biomedicine
Alcohol use and interpersonal violence
To characterize the relationship between alcohol use and homicide victimization, we used data from the Los Angeles City Police Department and the Los Angeles Medical Examiner's Office to study 4,950 victims of criminal homicides in Los Angeles in the period 1970-79. Alcohol was detected in the blood of 1,883 (46 per cent) of the 4,092 victims who were tested. In 30 per cent of those tested, the blood alcohol level was greater than or equal to 100…
Shelters for battered women and their children
A survey of 73 full-time government-funded shelters for battered women and their children from five geographic regions in 15 states provided information on communicable disease problems and control measures (focusing on diarrheal illness). Outbreaks of diarrheal illness involving more than 10 persons were reported by 12 per cent (9/73) of shelter directors. Less than half reported screening potential residents for communicable diseases before adm…
Estimating the Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent Youth Suicides
Eddy, David M. MD, PhD*; Wolpert, Robert L. PhD*; Rosenberg, Mark L. MD, MPP† Author Information
The federal role in injury control
Early federal injury control programs in the 1960s and 1970s were centered first in the Division of Accident Prevention (Public Health Service) and subsequently in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Department of Transportation) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the early 1970s also began to investigate injuries, particularly in the home and recreational environment. The field ex…
The federal role in injury control
Public Health Policy for Preventing Violence
Prologue: In October 1985 Surgeon General C. Everett Koop convened his Workshop on Violence and Public Health, which signaled public health's entry into the field of violence prevention. Koop called on public health professionals to “repond constructively to the ugly facts of interpersonal violence.” During the past decade the involvement of the Department of Health and Human Services in violence prevention research and programs has expanded, cul…
Let’s Bring the Full Power of Science to Gun Violence Prevention
American Gun Violence & Mental Illness
Intentional injuries claimed nearly two hundred lives every day in the United States in 2020, about two-thirds of them suicides, each a story of irretrievable human loss. This essay addresses the complex intersection of injurious behavior with mental illness and access to firearms. It explores what more can be done to stop gun violence while respecting the rights of lawful gun owners, preserving the dignity of persons with mental illnesses, and p…
Medicine (9 works) · Medical emergency (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Occupational safety and health (4 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Political science (4 works)