A public health approach to the violence epidemic in the United States

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12242562
AutoresLarry Cohen (0000-0002-0721-8980, Contra Costa County Health Services Department's Prevention Programme, California, autor de correspondencia), Susan Swift (Prevention Programme, Contra Costa County Health Services, 75 Santa Barbara Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523, USA. Phone: (1) 510 646 6511; fax: (1) 510 646 6520.)
Año1993
Volumen5
Número2
Páginas50-66
Fecha de publicación1993-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Urbanization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/095624789300500205
OpenAlexW1989287326
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

A public health approach to the violence epidemic in the United-States describes the dimensions and root causes of the problem with violence in the United States. After defining the problem and who is affected, the paper criticizes the dominant policy and describes an alternative, community based, public health approach to violence prevention that the authors are currently helping to implement in Northern California

Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Gun violence · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Public health · Root (linguistics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Economic, Social, and Health Studies · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health Policies and Education