TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Identifying local level strategies: North Carolina county commissioners' perceptions of firearm violence prevention interventions
JO  - Journal of community health
A1  - Payton Foh, Erica
A1  - Alam, Md Towfiqul
A1  - Okpala, Peace
A1  - Dudley, William H.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Firearm violence continues to be a national public health issue. The objective of this study was to collect baseline data regarding North Carolina County Commissioners' perceptions of firearm violence and potential local level interventions. A cross-sectional study of NC County Commissioners (n = 582) was conducted to investigate the research questions. The top 5 firearm violence prevention interventions that would be supported by NC County Commissioners included offering gun safety classes for adults (88.5%), implementing public education campaigns to promote responsible firearm storage (86.0%), developing courtroom processes that ensure domestic abusers turn in their guns as required by law (83.2%), adopting a standard policy of tracing all crime guns (79.4%), and providing firearm violence prevention programs for at-risk neighborhoods and individuals (72.2%). North Carolina County Commissioners perceived lack of understanding regarding which interventions would be most effective as the greatest barrier to supporting various types of firearm violence prevention interventions (50.3%).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0094-5145
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-01050-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -