Christoffel Katherine Kaufer
Children's Memorial Research Center and the Department of Pediatrics, Fein-berg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Apr;97(4):626-9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.085340. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
There has been a transition in US firearm injuries from an epidemic phase (mid-1980s to early 1990s) to an endemic one (since the mid-1990s). Endemic US firearm injuries merit public health attention because they exact an ongoing toll, may give rise to new epidemic outbreaks, and can foster firearm injuries in other parts of the world. The endemic period is a good time for the development of ongoing prevention approaches, including assessment and monitoring of local risk factors over time and application of proven measures to reduce these risk factors, development of means to address changing circumstances, and ongoing professional and public education designed to weave firearm injury prevention into the fabric of public health work and everyday life.
美国枪支伤害情况已从流行阶段(20世纪80年代中期至90年代初)过渡到地方病阶段(自20世纪90年代中期以来)。美国的地方性枪支伤害值得公共卫生关注,因为它们造成持续损失,可能引发新的疫情爆发,并可能在世界其他地区助长枪支伤害。地方病阶段是制定持续预防方法的好时机,包括长期评估和监测当地风险因素,应用已证实的措施来降低这些风险因素,制定应对不断变化情况的方法,以及开展持续的专业和公众教育,旨在将枪支伤害预防融入公共卫生工作和日常生活结构之中。