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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delgado, Melvin, author.

Series:

Oxford Academic

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms accidents.

Health aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022

Summary:

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 and injuries the other. The vast majority of gun violence encounters cause an injury rather than death, which only enhances the importance of this public health issue. US gun violence is commonplace, particularly in its cities and in communities of color. This translates into major policy decisions that ignore these communities, and fear of crime is the glue that helps associate gun violence and race. This book addresses five goals: (1) provide a picture of the extent and nature of gun injuries among children/youth and adults, with a special emphasis on those of color and cities; (2) provide a series of concepts for conceptualizing urban-focused interventions; (3) provide case illustrations of innovative interventions; (4) highlight recommendations for practice, education, and research; and (5) identify crosscutting themes to move this field forward.

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgments - Prologue - Section I.Grounding Gun Injuries - 1. Context Setting - 2. Gun Injury Research and Statistics - 3. Gun Injuries - Section II.Social Science Perspectives on Gun Injuries - 4. Social Perspective - 5. Cultural Perspective - 6. Economic Perspective - Section III.Community-Centered Approaches and Urban Case Illustrations - 7. Community Interventions and Gun Injuries - 8. Case 1: Chicago's Good Kids Mad City and Stop the Bleed - 9. Case 2: Open Doors (Paralyzed Gun Victims) - Section IV.Recommendations for Advancing the Field - 10. Professional Education - 11. Research - 12. Community Practice - References - Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-262) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

0-19-760978-3

0-19-760979-1

0-19-760977-5

OCLC:

1336406168