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Identifying Local Level Strategies: North Carolina County Commissioners' Perceptions of Firearm Violence Prevention
Erica Payton Foh1, Md Towfiqul Alam2, Peace Okpala2
1Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC, 27402-6170, USA. edpayton@uncg.edu.
Abstract:
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%).
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