title: Cease Fire Tampa Bay: a three-tiered approach to firearm injury prevention.
abstract: Cease Fire Tampa Bay is a multifaceted, broad-based community effort working to increase awareness of firearm injuries and provide an opportunity for the people of the southwest-central Florida region to eliminate unwanted firearms. Three approaches to develop this program were implemented; a six-county gun buy-back program, firearm safety education for school-aged children and community education programs. The program has been successful in removing 6,981 unwanted guns from the streets, and has reached thousands of children and families in the region. This article describes the development, implementation and evaluation of the program.
authors.affiliation: Tampa General Hospital, Regional Trauma Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: J Celeste
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kallenborn
authors.forename: Kathie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: Nancy B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pesce
authors.forename: Sherry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swan
authors.forename: Lewis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flint
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shimberg
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000328:Adult; D000329:Advertising; D002648:Child; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D005389:Firearms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010067:Ownership; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*