Cure Violence: A Public Health Model to Reduce Gun Violence

A public health approach to gun violence.

Public health approach to the prevention of gun violence.

Curbing gun violence: lessons from public health successes.

THE TRAGIC SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS IN NEWTOWN, Connecticut, has horrified and refocused the nation on the burden of gun violence. Each year in the United States, more than 30 000 individuals are killed by guns' (homicides, suicides, and unintentional fatalities)—85 deaths per day plus many hundreds of nonfatal injuries. Gun homicide alone causes 11000 deaths each year,' more than all US troops k...

Community Problem-Solving to Reduce Juvenile Gun Violence: Atlanta’s Experience

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[Violence and public health].