NCJ Number
148066
Journal
Health Affairs Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Dated: special issue (Winter 1993) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
J H White
Date Published
1993
Length
262 pages
Annotation
This issue of Health Affairs focuses on on the role of health care providers, researchers, and policymakers in preventing violence.
Abstract
In the lead article, current and former officials of the Centers for Disease Control set out the parameters of a public health approach to preventing violence. Secretary of Human and Human Services Donna Shalala and a criminal justice expert offer their responses to that article. In other articles, authors examine the biological, behavioral, and emotional factors affecting violence and delinquency in children; drugs, alcohol, and violence; societal inequity and violence; a public health perspective on firearms; a classification of firearm policies; and a firearm policy research agenda. A physician urges colleagues to improve clinical recognition of domestic violence. In commentaries, authors discuss the Clinton Administration's priority of violence prevention; the effectiveness of school-based conflict resolution programs; the impact of violence on the U.S. trauma system; the societal costs of violence; the range of public opinion on gun policy; and the involvement of private philanthropy in violence prevention efforts.