@article{ref1,
title="Public health approach to the prevention of gun violence",
journal="New England journal of medicine",
year="2013",
author="Hemenway, David A. and Miller, Matthew C.",
volume="368",
number="21",
pages="2033-2035",
abstract="Scientists, policymakers, and advocates are increasingly advised to use &quot;the public health approach&quot; to address myriad social issues, from alcoholism and arthritis to vision care and war. However, it is rarely clear what exactly is meant by &quot;the public health approach.&quot; Policymakers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describe the public health approach as a four-step model: Define the problem, identify risk and protective factors, develop and test prevention strategies, and ensure widespread adoption of effective programs.(1) Yet the public health approach is more than this model, for these steps are little more than a scientific approach . . .<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-4793",
doi="10.1056/NEJMsb1302631",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsb1302631"
}