Catherine Barber ( cbarber@hsph. harvard. edu ) is a senior researcher in the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts.
John W. Berrigan is a research assistant in the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 Oct;38(10):1695-1701. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00618.
In Utah, a state with a high rate of gun ownership, the shared concerns of diverse stakeholders generated bipartisan support for a state-funded study that tracked patterns of firearm suicide. The study linked sensitive public health and public safety data and identified opportunities for firearm suicide prevention. Findings reported to the state legislature included the proportion of suicide decedents who could have passed a background check for legal firearm possession at their time of death, had a permit to carry a concealed firearm, or had been seen in the hospital for a previous suicide attempt or self-harm. Within six months of the report's release, the legislature, health care and religious groups, and state agencies had launched diverse, major initiatives to reduce firearm suicide that were informed by the report's findings. We present the Utah experience as a case study in bringing diverse stakeholders-particularly gun owners-together to find common ground on firearm suicide prevention and in using linked data to support and guide their efforts.
在犹他州，枪支拥有率较高，不同利益相关者共同关注的问题促成了两党支持一项由州政府资助的研究，该研究跟踪了枪支自杀模式。该研究将敏感的公共卫生和公共安全数据联系起来，并确定了预防枪支自杀的机会。向州立法机构报告的调查结果包括：在死亡时，有多少自杀死者本可以通过背景调查获得合法拥有枪支的许可，有携带隐蔽枪支的许可证，或者之前曾因自杀企图或自残而在医院就诊。在报告发布后的六个月内，立法机构、医疗保健和宗教团体以及州机构已经启动了各种重大举措，以减少枪支自杀，这些举措是根据报告的调查结果制定的。我们将犹他州的经验作为一个案例研究，介绍了如何将不同的利益相关者（特别是枪支拥有者）聚集在一起，就枪支自杀预防找到共同点，并利用关联数据来支持和指导他们的努力。
