Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Department of English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Inj Prev. 2020 Oct;26(5):499-501. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043852. Epub 2020 Aug 5.
Physicians played a key role in advancing Canada's recent assault weapons ban. Indeed, after announcing the ban in May 2020, the Trudeau government thanked Dr. Najma Ahmed and the group Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns (CDPG) for their support of responsible gun control measures. In this piece, we explore the context in which CDPG was formed, the strategies used by the group in building nationwide support for gun control measures, and the public health framing of their messaging that proved critical in engendering political change. The work of CDPG holds valuable lessons for physicians seeking to engage in political advocacy by bearing witness to the harms experienced by their patients.
医生在推动加拿大最近的攻击性武器禁令方面发挥了关键作用。事实上，在 2020 年 5 月宣布禁令后，特鲁多政府感谢 Najma Ahmed 医生和加拿大枪支保护组织（CDPG）对负责任的枪支管制措施的支持。在这篇文章中，我们探讨了 CDPG 成立的背景、该组织在为枪支管制措施建立全国性支持方面使用的策略，以及他们的信息传递的公共卫生框架，这在引发政治变革方面被证明是至关重要的。CDPG 的工作为寻求通过见证患者所经历的伤害来参与政治宣传的医生提供了宝贵的经验。
