1. A role for the primary care physician in counseling young African-American men about homicide prevention.
- Author
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May JP and Martin KL
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Chicago, Hospitals, Municipal, Humans, Male, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital, Black or African American, Counseling, Homicide prevention & control, Physician's Role, Primary Health Care
- Abstract
Homicide is the leading cause of death in African-American men aged 15-34 years, yet physicians rarely discuss homicide prevention with patients. The authors propose that physicians have a role in preventing homicide similar to their role in other preventive medicine issues. This study evaluated patients' responsiveness to a physician's counseling about firearms and homicide. While being treated for unrelated problems at a walk-in ambulatory clinic, 53 African-American men patients received brief counseling by the physician about six preventive medicine topics, including firearms. A postvisit interview demonstrated that the discussion of firearms was well received and recalled more than any other preventive medicine issue discussed.
- Published
- 1993
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