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Public health: a successful paradigm applied to firearm injuries. WMJ 2000;99(1):48-9

Date

02/07/2001

Pubmed ID

10752385

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0034127728 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   3 Citations

Abstract

Firearm injuries are a major contributor to injury mortality and morbidity in the United States and account for substantial loss of productive years of life. A public health approach to injury reduction, and particularly firearm injury prevention, has promise because it emphasizes prevention rather than reaction, it utilizes a scientific approach to policies and programs, it brings an integrative, multi-disciplinary approach to the effort, and it emphasizes the role of communities in solving health problems. The new Firearm Injury Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin exemplifies the public health approach to this vexing problem.

Author List

Withers RL, Mercy JA, Hargarten SW

Author

Stephen W. Hargarten MD, MPH Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Health Policy
Humans
Public Health
Schools, Medical
Wisconsin
Wounds, Gunshot