A ROLE FOR THE PRIMARY-CARE PHYSICIAN IN COUNSELING YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN ABOUT HOMICIDE PREVENTION

被引：15

作者：

MAY, JP

MARTIN, KL

机构：

[1] Cermak Health Services, Chicago, 60608-5107, IL

来源：

JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE | 1993年 / 8卷 / 07期

关键词：

PREVENTION; HOMICIDE; AFRICAN-AMERICANS; FIREARMS; COUNSELING;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02600078

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Homicide is the leading cause of death in African-American men aged 15-34 years, yet physicians rarely discuss homicide prevention with patients. The authors propose that physicians have a role in preventing homicide similar to their role in other preventive medicine issues. This study evaluated patients' responsiveness to a physician's counseling about firearms and homicide. While being treated for unrelated problems at a walk-in ambulatory clinic, 53 African-American men patients received brief counseling by the physician about six preventive medicine topics, including firearms. A postvisit interview demonstrated that the discussion of firearms was well received and recalled more than any other preventive medicine issue discussed.

引用

页码：380 / 382

页数：3

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