Background: Gun injury accounts for substantial acute mortality worldwide and many others
survive with lingering disabilities. We investigated whether additional health losses beyond …

Gun violence in the USA is a public health crisis [1]. In general, the US gun death rate is
much higher than in other developed nations [2]. In response to this crisis, calls have grown …

According to the World Health Organiza tion, preventing violence is a multi faceted mandate
of public health, which requires strategies that are adapted to local and national social …

Abstract In April 2012, Canada's federal Conservative government quietly announced
drastic reforms to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), a policy designed to provide …

Correspondence to: Arundhati Dhara; email: aruna. dhara@ dal. ca Published ahead of
issue: Mar 25, 2024; CMEJ 2024 Available at https://doi. org/10.36834/cmej. 78848© 2024 …

This chapter offers researchers and practitioners an introduction to scholarship and
strategies around social impact through communication. While other sections in this volume …

Undocumented immigrants face different difficulties and barriers in order to access the
health care system. Even when they get to access medical care, they face situations of …

While one can certainly make the claim that gang violence or domestic violence is a public
health issue, I find it hard to believe that placing oneself as a proponent for a form for legal …

In its 2015 election platform, the Liberal Party committed to take several steps to reduce
criminals' access to handguns and “assault weapons.” In 2018, the government introduced …

Dr. Stanbrook's editorial comes across as a bit of a petulant rant and in that respect is as bad
as the actions of the “Canadian gun lobby.” 1 The editorial is full of manipulative and …