Peter Beilenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6652806 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Beilenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Beilenson |
| SIGNATURE | BEILENSON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baltimore City Health Department |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Evaluation of the Staying Alive programme
The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative
In 2002, the Baltimore City Health Department, in collaboration with the Baltimore Police Department and the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, launched the Youth Ammunition Initiative. The initiative addressed Baltimore’s problem of youth gun violence by targeting illegal firearm ammunition sales to the city’s young people. The initiative included undercover “sting” investigations of local businesses and issuance of health departm…
The city of Baltimore’s multifaceted bioterrorism surveillance system
Impact of Needle Exchange Programs on Adolescent Perceptions About Illicit Drug Use
Politics and practice
As one element of Baltimore's effort to combat its high rate of teenage pregnancy, the Baltimore City Health Department added the implantable contraceptive Norplant to the array of services offered at one of its school-based health centers in early 1993. The initial findings with the adolescents who received this contraceptive at the school were favorable, particularly regarding condom use, parental involvement, and patient acceptance of the cont…
A community-based Needle Clean-Up Project
A community-based Needle Clean-Up Project. T McMillian, E Dorsey, P Beilenson, and D VlahovCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.84.11.1854 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Bicycle helmet laws and educational campaigns
OBJECTIVES. The passage of a mandatory bicycle helmet law for children in Howard County, Maryland, provided an opportunity to compare legislation and education as strategies to increase helmet use. METHODS. In 1991, a survey was mailed to fourth-, seventh-, and ninth-grade students attending a stratified sample of public schools in Howard County and in two similar suburban/rural counties without helmet laws. RESULTS. Of 7217 students surveyed, 34…
Bicycle helmet laws and educational campaigns
OBJECTIVES. The passage of a mandatory bicycle helmet law for children in Howard County, Maryland, provided an opportunity to compare legislation and education as strategies to increase helmet use. METHODS. In 1991, a survey was mailed to fourth-, seventh-, and ninth-grade students attending a stratified sample of public schools in Howard County and in two similar suburban/rural counties without helmet laws. RESULTS. Of 7217 students surveyed, 34…
Bicycle helmet laws and educational campaigns
OBJECTIVES. The passage of a mandatory bicycle helmet law for children in Howard County, Maryland, provided an opportunity to compare legislation and education as strategies to increase helmet use. METHODS. In 1991, a survey was mailed to fourth-, seventh-, and ninth-grade students attending a stratified sample of public schools in Howard County and in two similar suburban/rural counties without helmet laws. RESULTS. Of 7217 students surveyed, 34…
A community-based Needle Clean-Up Project
A community-based Needle Clean-Up Project. T McMillian, E Dorsey, P Beilenson, and D VlahovCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.84.11.1854 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Politics and practice
As one element of Baltimore's effort to combat its high rate of teenage pregnancy, the Baltimore City Health Department added the implantable contraceptive Norplant to the array of services offered at one of its school-based health centers in early 1993. The initial findings with the adolescents who received this contraceptive at the school were favorable, particularly regarding condom use, parental involvement, and patient acceptance of the cont…
Impact of Needle Exchange Programs on Adolescent Perceptions About Illicit Drug Use
The city of Baltimore’s multifaceted bioterrorism surveillance system
The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative
In 2002, the Baltimore City Health Department, in collaboration with the Baltimore Police Department and the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, launched the Youth Ammunition Initiative. The initiative addressed Baltimore’s problem of youth gun violence by targeting illegal firearm ammunition sales to the city’s young people. The initiative included undercover “sting” investigations of local businesses and issuance of health departm…
Evaluation of the Staying Alive programme
Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Occupational safety and health (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Population (2 works)