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- Title
Addressing Gun Violence: A Social Work Imperative.
- Authors
Sperlich, Mickey; Logan-Greene, Patricia; Slovak, Karen; Kaplan, Mark S
- Abstract
The authors discuss the obligation of social work to address gun violence in the U.S. that affect clients and communities. Topics mentioned include geographical variations for firearm-related deaths and risks for children for homicide and suicide, mass shootings in 2018 at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and the initiative by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare to identify areas of concern related to social problems.
- Subjects
FIREARMS; HEALTH policy; SERIAL publications; SOCIAL case work; SOCIAL work research; PSYCHOLOGY of social workers; OCCUPATIONAL roles; SHOOTINGS (Crime)
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 2019, Vol 44, Issue 4, p217
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/hlz022