Dukarm C P, Holl J L, McAnarney E R
Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642, USA.
Bull N Y Acad Med. 1995 Summer;72(1):5-15.
Violence has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and has become the single most important public health problem affecting adolescent males. It is believed that violence and its subsequent morbidity and mortality have a multifactorial origin, including developmental factors, gang involvement, access to firearms, drugs, the media, poverty, and family violence. Pediatricians have a critical role in reducing violence through early identification of family violence, education and counseling to decrease well-known risk factors, and provision of nonviolent problem-solving and coping strategies to children, youth, and their families. It is essential that we initiate preventive measures now rather than be paralyzed by the weight of the crisis.
暴力在美国已呈泛滥之势，成为影响青少年男性的最为重要的单一公共卫生问题。人们认为，暴力及其导致的发病和死亡有着多方面的根源，包括发育因素、帮派参与、枪支获取、毒品、媒体、贫困以及家庭暴力。儿科医生在减少暴力方面起着关键作用，可通过早期识别家庭暴力、开展教育和咨询以减少众所周知的风险因素，以及为儿童、青少年及其家庭提供非暴力的问题解决和应对策略。我们必须现在就启动预防措施，而不是被危机的重压所麻痹。
