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Deborah R. Azrael

Deborah R. Azrael

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
60
Citations
12170
World Ranking
1484
National Ranking
708

Overview

Deborah R. Azrael is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields predominantly within the social sciences, psychology, and medicine. Azrael's contributions focus extensively on health and clinical psychology, with notable work relating to injury prevention and sociopolitical aspects of health behavior.

The scientist's principal areas of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Azrael's work further delves into specialized subfields covering health, clinical psychology, ophthalmology, sociology and political science, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. The concentration of publications shows a strong emphasis on health and clinical psychology components.

Among the main research topics explored by Azrael are:

  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
  • Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse

The scientist has frequently published in several academic venues, including:

  • JAMA Network Open
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Injury Prevention
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Recent publications provide a snapshot of their research focus, particularly concerning firearm ownership, storage practices, and associated public health implications. Representative papers include:

  • Firearm Purchasing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From the 2021 National Firearms Survey (2021, Annals of Internal Medicine)
  • Firearm Storage in US Households With Children (2022, JAMA Network Open)
  • Firearm purchasing and storage during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Injury Prevention)
  • Changes in Firearm and Medication Storage Practices in Homes of Youths at Risk for Suicide: Results of the SAFETY Study, a Clustered, Emergency Department-Based, Multisite, Stepped-Wedge Trial (2020, Annals of Emergency Medicine)
  • Parent and Adolescent Reports of Adolescent Access to Household Firearms in the United States (2021, JAMA Network Open)

Collaboration is a consistent aspect of Azrael's research output, often working with co-authors such as Matthew Miller, Catherine Barber, John Berrigan, and Matthew J. Miller. These partnerships contribute to a robust publication record spanning multiple public health and social science topics related to firearm violence and injury prevention.

Best Publications

  • Emotional Distress Among LGBT Youth: The Influence of Perceived Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

    Joanna Almeida;Renee M. Johnson;Heather L. Corliss;Beth E. Molnar

  • Household firearm ownership and rates of suicide across the 50 United States.

    Margaret Miller;Steven J. Lippmann;Deborah R. Azrael;David A. Hemenway

  • State and Local Prevalence of Firearms Ownership Measurement, Structure, and Trends

    Deborah R. Azrael;Philip J. Cook;Margaret Miller

  • Firearm availability and unintentional firearm deaths, suicide, and homicide among 5-14 year olds.

    Margaret Miller;Deborah R. Azrael;David A. Hemenway

  • Firearm Purchasing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From the 2021 National Firearms Survey

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  • Opioid Analgesics and the Risk of Fractures in Older Adults with Arthritis

    Matthew Miller;Til Stürmer;Deborah Azrael;Raisa Levin

  • Firearm Storage in Gun-Owning Households with Children: Results of a 2015 National Survey.

    Deborah Azrael;Joanna Cohen;Carmel Salhi;Matthew Miller;Matthew Miller

  • Suicide mortality in the United States: the importance of attending to method in understanding population-level disparities in the burden of suicide.

    Matthew C. Miller;Deborah R. Azrael;Catherine Barber

  • Suicide Case-Fatality Rates in the United States, 2007 to 2014: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

    Andrew Conner;Deborah Azrael;Matthew Miller

  • The epidemiology of case fatality rates for suicide in the northeast

    Margaret Miller;Deborah R. Azrael;David A. Hemenway

  • Household firearm ownership and suicide rates in the United States.

    Margaret Miller;Deborah R. Azrael;David A. Hemenway

  • Rates of Household Firearm Ownership and Homicide Across US Regions and States, 1988–1997

    Margaret Miller;Deborah R. Azrael;David A. Hemenway

  • The US gun stock: results from the 2004 national firearms survey.

    L. Hepburn;Margaret Miller;Deborah R. Azrael;David A. Hemenway

  • Association of Increased Safe Household Firearm Storage With Firearm Suicide and Unintentional Death Among US Youths.

    Michael C. Monuteaux;Deborah Azrael;Matthew Miller

  • The Stock and Flow of U.S. Firearms: Results from the 2015 National Firearms Survey

    Deborah Azrael;Lisa Hepburn;David Hemenway;Matthew Miller

  • Firearms and Suicide in the United States: Is Risk Independent of Underlying Suicidal Behavior?

    Matthew C. Miller;Catherine Barber;Richard A. White;Deborah R. Azrael

  • The association between changes in household firearm ownership and rates of suicide in the United States, 1981–2002

    Margaret Miller;Deborah R. Azrael;L. Hepburn;David A. Hemenway

  • Neighborhood Predictors of Concealed Firearm Carrying Among Children and Adolescents: Results From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods

    Beth E. Molnar;Matthew J. Miller;Deborah Azrael;Stephen L. Buka

  • Cancer and the Risk of Suicide in Older Americans

    Matthew Miller;Helen Mogun;Deborah Azrael;Katherine Hempstead

  • Bullying and Suicidal Behaviors Among Urban High School Youth

    Lisa Hepburn;Deborah R. Azrael;Beth Molnar;Matthew C. Miller

  • Firearm training and storage.

    David Hemenway;Sara J. Solnick;Deborah R. Azrael

Frequent Co-Authors

David Hemenway
David Hemenway Harvard University
Matthew C. Miller
Matthew C. Miller Northeastern University
Renee M. Johnson
Renee M. Johnson Johns Hopkins University
Beth E. Molnar
Beth E. Molnar Northeastern University
Sonja A. Swanson
Sonja A. Swanson Erasmus University Rotterdam
Garen J. Wintemute
Garen J. Wintemute University of California, Davis
Emily F. Rothman
Emily F. Rothman Boston University
Dustin T. Duncan
Dustin T. Duncan Columbia University
Carol S. Wolf Runyan
Carol S. Wolf Runyan Colorado School of Public Health
Theresa L. Osypuk
Theresa L. Osypuk University of Minnesota

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