Hills-Evans Kelsey, Mitton Julian, Sacks Chana A
A resident physician in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
A primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he is also a fellow in the Rural Health Leadership program, and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and a physician with the Rosebud Indian Health Service Unit in South Dakota.
AMA J Ethics. 2018 Jan 1;20(1):77-83. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.1.pfor1-1801.
Gun violence is a major cause of preventable injury and death in the United States, leading to more than 33,000 deaths each year. However, gun violence prevention is an understudied and underfunded area of research. We review the barriers to research in the field, including restrictions on federal funding. We then outline potential areas in which further research could inform clinical practice, public health efforts, and public policy. We also review examples of innovative collaborations among interdisciplinary teams working to develop strategies to integrate gun violence prevention into patient-doctor interactions in order to interrupt the cycle of gun violence.
在美国,枪支暴力是可预防的伤害和死亡的主要原因,每年导致超过33000人死亡。然而,枪支暴力预防是一个研究不足且资金匮乏的研究领域。我们回顾了该领域研究的障碍,包括对联邦资金的限制。然后,我们概述了一些潜在领域,进一步的研究可以为临床实践、公共卫生工作和公共政策提供信息。我们还回顾了跨学科团队之间创新合作的例子,这些团队致力于制定策略,将枪支暴力预防纳入医患互动,以打断枪支暴力的循环。