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. 2023 Jul;84(4):223-225.
doi: 10.18043/001c.81265.

Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis in North Carolina: What Now?

Tracie Campbell  1 , Kimberly Scott  2 , Raynard Washington  3
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Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis in North Carolina: What Now?

Tracie Campbell et al. N C Med J. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Gun violence is an epidemic impacting the health and safety of North Carolinians. Mecklenburg County Public Health uses a public health approach to address this issue through four steps: 1) Define and monitor the problem, 2) Identify risk and protective factors, 3) Develop and test prevention strategies, 4) Assure widespread adoption.

Keywords: Raynard Washington; Tracie Campbell; charlotte; firearm violence; health policy; kimberly scott; mecklenburg county; north carolina; prevention; public health.

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Disclosure of interests: No interests were disclosed.

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