Policies to prevent firearm injuries.
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چکیده
Firearm-related injuries are a substantial public health problem. A wide array of policies designed to prevent these injuries have been discussed, but few are enacted into legislation. Even fewer have undergone scientific evaluation for their effectiveness. We offer a nosology for categorizing existing and future gun policies. A brief review of the effectiveness of existing gun policies is presented, and an argument is made for redirecting gun policy.
منابع مشابه
Reducing firearm-related injuries and deaths in the United States: executive summary of a policy position paper from the American College of Physicians.
In 1995, the American College of Physicians (ACP) issued its first statement that raised concern about the epidemic of firearm violence in the United States and advocated for policies to reduce the rate of firearm injuries and deaths (1). Nineteen years later, although rates of firearmrelated death, injury, and disability have decreased, firearmrelated mortality rates in the United States remai...
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متن کاملFirearm-related injuries affecting the pediatric population.
The absence of guns from children’s homes and communities is the most reliable and effective measure to prevent firearm-related injuries in children and adolescents. Adolescent suicide risk is strongly associated with firearm availability. Safe gun storage (guns unloaded and locked, ammunition locked separately) reduces children’s risk of injury. Physician counseling of parents about firearm sa...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Health affairs
دوره 12 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993