Reducing Firearm Injuries: The Role Of Local Public Health Departments

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Price, J H ; Oden, L
• Description:
  The purpose of this study was to gather data regarding local public health departments' involvement in activities to prevent firearm-related morbidity and mortality. A questionnaire was sent to local public health departments serving cities with populations > or =60,000 to assess their perceptions of the magnitude of the firearm injury problem in their jurisdictions and the activities in which they were engaged to reduce firearm-related injuries. Almost half (49.7%) of respondents said that their departments had not seriously thought about being involved in activities to reduce firearm-related injuries, and fewer than one in five (17.8%) reported that their departments were involved in such activities. Respondents identified three barriers to involvement in activities to reduce firearm injuries: limited financial resources (62.7% of respondents), lack of expertise (50.8%), and not enough time (47%).|Despite the extent of firearm injuries in the US, systematic collection of local data on firearm morbidity and mortality to help guide policy development is lacking.
• Subjects:
  Female Humans Local Government Male Morbidity Mortality Public Health Surveys And Questionnaires Wounds, Gunshot
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 114(6):533-539
• Pubmed ID:
  10670621
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North America
• Volume:
  114
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:eaed5388d525dcc2c24f9721ac9225161c5757b91321fc962102308f9e7d9677
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/64830/cdc_64830_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 4.11 MB ]