International Coalition for Women inShooting and Hunting (WiSH), Glebe NSW, Australia.
Arch Suicide Res. 2012;16(2):135-46. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2012.667330.
Given the finite resources allocated to suicide prevention, it is necessary to direct resources into interventions that are most likely to have an impact. This article tests for possible impacts on youth suicides of a cost-intensive Australian policy change (increased firearms restriction) that limited access to a means of suicide. Suicide rates by different age groups and methods were examined for structural breaks, using Zivot-Andrews and Quandt tests. No breakpoint was found in firearm suicide among Australian youth around the time of the 1996 legislative changes. Method restriction in the form of firearms legislation could not be tied to a corresponding impact on youth suicide.
鉴于预防自杀的资源有限，有必要将资源投入到最有可能产生影响的干预措施中。本文测试了澳大利亚一项成本密集型政策变化（增加枪支限制）对年轻人自杀的可能影响，该政策限制了获取自杀手段的途径。使用 Zivot-Andrews 和 Quandt 检验法，检查了不同年龄组和方法的自杀率是否存在结构性突破。在 1996 年立法改革前后，澳大利亚青年的枪支自杀事件中没有发现断点。以枪支立法形式进行的方法限制，不能与青年自杀的相应影响联系起来。
