Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1289, USA.
Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Mar;42(2):445-51. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.09.006. Epub 2009 Oct 14.
This study compared violent death information reported in state-wide newspaper articles to the medical examiner reports collected for a state public health surveillance system-the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). While suicides accounted for 83% of deaths in the NVDRS database, more than three-quarters (79%) of violent deaths reported in newspaper articles were homicides. The majority of the suicide incidents were reported in 1-2 newspaper articles whereas the majority of homicide incidents were reported in 11-34 articles. For suicide incidents, the NVDRS reported more circumstances related to mental health problems while newspaper articles reported recent crisis more often. Results show that there is a mismatch in both frequency and type of information reported between a public health surveillance system (NVDRS) and newspaper reporting of violent deaths. As a result of these findings, scientists and other public health professionals may want to engage in media advocacy to provide newspaper reporters with timely and important health information related to the prevention and intervention of violent deaths in their community.
本研究将全州范围内报纸文章中报道的暴力死亡信息与为州公共卫生监测系统——国家暴力死亡报告系统（NVDRS）收集的法医报告进行了比较。虽然 NVDRS 数据库中自杀占死亡人数的 83%，但报纸文章中报道的暴力死亡人数中，超过四分之三（79%）为他杀。大多数自杀事件仅在 1-2 篇报纸文章中报道，而大多数杀人事件则在 11-34 篇文章中报道。对于自杀事件，NVDRS 报告了更多与心理健康问题相关的情况，而报纸文章则更频繁地报道近期危机。结果表明，公共卫生监测系统（NVDRS）和报纸对暴力死亡的报告在信息的频率和类型上存在不匹配。基于这些发现，科学家和其他公共卫生专业人员可能希望进行媒体宣传，向报纸记者提供与其社区中预防和干预暴力死亡相关的及时和重要的健康信息。
