Firearm restriction as suicide prevention: variation in belief and practice among providers in an urban emergency department

被引：30

作者：

Betz, Marian E. ^{[1
]}

Barber, Catherine W. ^{[2
]}

Miller, Mathew ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Colorado, Sch Med, Aurora, CO USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA

来源：

INJURY PREVENTION | 2010年 / 16卷 / 04期

关键词：

EDUCATION;

D O I：

10.1136/ip.2009.025296

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Providers in an urban emergency department (ED) responded to a confidential, online survey assessing their beliefs and practices with respect to reducing a suicidal person's access to lethal means of suicide. 26% of respondents (37% of ED nurses, 23% of ED physicians, and 9% of psychiatrists) believed that all of the jumpers from the Golden Gate Bridge would have found a lethal suicide alternative had a barrier been present, and an additional 38% thought that most would have. Two-thirds of respondents believed that providers in the ED should always ask suicidal patients about access to firearms, yet 52% (67% of nurses, 54% of ED physicians, and 13% of psychiatrists) reported rarely or never doing so. Psychiatrists were more likely than ED staff to report always asking. Further understanding these attitudes and behaviours could enhance suicide prevention activities in the ED.

引用

页码：278 / 281

页数：4

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