title: The American College of Preventive Medicine Policy Recommendations on Reducing and Preventing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths.
abstract: The American College of Preventive Medicine Policy Committee makes policy guidelines and recommendations on preventive medicine and public health topics for public health decision makers. After a review of the current evidence available in 2016, the College is providing a consensus-based set of policy recommendations designed to reduce firearm-related morbidity and mortality in the U.S. These guidelines address seven general areas pertaining to the public health threat posed by firearms: gun sales and background checks, assault weapons and high-capacity weapons, mental health, research funding, gun storage laws, and physician counseling.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: bethany.lauren.strong@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bethany L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Sarah-Blythe
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ballard
authors.affiliation: Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Braund
mesh_terms: D005389:Firearms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000517:prevention & control*