Academic Public Health and the Firearm Crisis: An Agenda for Action

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Mar 2017 English Publisher:American Public Health AssociationJournal:American Journal of Public Health, volume 107, pages 365-367 (issn: 0090-0036, eissn: 1541-0048,

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Authors: Charles C, Branas; Andrew, Flescher; Margaret K, Formica; Sandro, Galea; Nils, Hennig; Karen D, Liller; Hala N, Madanat; +3 Authors

doi: 10.2105/ajph.2016.303619

pmid: 28103062

pmc: PMC5296701

Academic Public Health and the Firearm Crisis: An Agenda for Action

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Abstract

The authors reflect on the need for members of the academic public health community in America to develop a social action strategy for dealing with a firearms-related crisis in the U.S. as of 2017, and it mentions gun control initiatives, business plans, and statistics regarding firearms-related deaths and suicides in America since 1900. U.S. President Donald Trump's views about gun rights are examined, along with collaborations and firearm research and scholarship in the country.

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Keywords

Firearms, Humans, Public Health, Gun Violence, United States

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