The silent epidemic of gun injuries : challenges and opportunities for treating and preventing gun injuries

The silent epidemic of gun injuries : challenges and opportunities for treating and preventing gun injuries / Melvin Delgado.

"Gun violence undermines a quest for a healthy and productive life. This book is urban focused, with race and socioeconomic class assuming prominence, thus bringing a social justice and equity lens. Gun violence is best conceptualized as a jigsaw puzzle, with deaths representing one dimension a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delgado, Melvin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Firearms accidents > United States.
Firearms and crime > United States.
Violence > Health aspects > United States.
Public health > United States.
Public health.
public health.
Firearms accidents
Firearms and crime
Public health
Violence > Health aspects
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I.Grounding Gun Injuries
  • Context Setting
  • Gun Injury Research and Statistics
  • Gun Injuries
  • Section II.Social Science Perspectives on Gun Injuries
  • Social Perspective
  • Cultural Perspective
  • Economic Perspective
  • Section III.Community-Centered Approaches and Urban Case Illustrations
  • Community Interventions and Gun Injuries
  • Case 1: Chicago's Good Kids Mad City and Stop the Bleed
  • Case 2: Open Doors (Paralyzed Gun Victims)
  • Section IV.Recommendations for Advancing the Field
  • Professional Education
  • Research
  • Community Practice.

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