Webster D W, Wilson M E
Center for Injury Research and Policy, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205-1996.
Pediatrics. 1994 Oct;94(4 Pt 2):617-22.
Adolescence is a developmental stage characterized by high rates of violent behavior. Increasingly, violent injury is involving preadolescent children. Evidence suggests that the availability of guns increases the lethality of violent acts. Because guns are ubiquitous in the United States and integral to the current epidemic of youth violence, pediatricians should participate in primary prevention of firearm injuries. Efforts should begin long before children reach adolescence. Pediatricians should: (1) Encourage parents to remove guns from the home, or at a minimum to keep guns unloaded and locked up; (2) Advise parents to limit viewing of gun violence in the media, and playing with toy guns and video games that involve shooting; (3) Be alert for early indicators of aggressive behavior; and (4) Become outspoken advocates for laws that restrict gun availability.
青春期是一个暴力行为发生率很高的发育阶段。暴力伤害越来越多地涉及到青春期前的儿童。有证据表明，枪支的可得性增加了暴力行为的致命性。由于枪支在美国无处不在，并且是当前青少年暴力流行的一个组成部分，儿科医生应该参与枪支伤害的一级预防。这些努力应该在儿童进入青春期之前很久就开始。儿科医生应该：（1）鼓励家长将枪支从家中移除，或者至少将枪支保持卸载并锁好；（2）建议家长限制孩子观看媒体上的枪支暴力内容，以及玩涉及射击的玩具枪和电子游戏；（3）留意攻击性行为的早期迹象；（4）成为直言不讳的支持限制枪支可得性法律的倡导者。
