{"id":16605,"date":"2021-07-15T16:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16605"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:40:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:40:04","slug":"public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16605","title":{"rendered":"public health&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Paiinter-public-health.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Paiinter-public-health.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Paiinter-public-health-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Paiinter-public-health-768x630.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excerpted from  Canadian Medical Association&nbsp; \/&nbsp;&nbsp;Association m\u00e9dicale canadienne communication of July 15, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"93\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cma-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cma-logo.jpg 400w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cma-logo-300x70.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CMA updates policy on firearms control: extensive consultations on public health impact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After&nbsp;consultations with physicians, provincial medical associations and national medical specialty associations, the Canadian Medical Association is releasing an updated firearms control policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through this&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/policybase.cma.ca\/en\/permalink\/policy14401#_ga=2.205271832.923192463.1626360964-262436037.1626360964\" target=\"_blank\">updated&nbsp;policy&nbsp;Opens in a new window<\/a>, the CMA joins a number of other major associations, including the Australian Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, in <strong>recognizing firearms as a serious threat to public health<\/strong>, and one of the main causes of both intentional and unintentional injuries and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This policy affirms that gun violence is a public health issue<\/strong>, and that physicians should engage with&nbsp;citizens and government&nbsp;to reduce harm from gun violence,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Physicians have a unique perspective on firearms; as health care providers, they observe the lifelong health challenges that affect patients who survive firearm injuries. They also witness lives lost as a result of firearm use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firearm-related injuries and fatalities are a major cause of premature and preventable death in Canada. From 2013 to 2017, 3,703 Canadians of all ages died from firearm injuries \u2014 <strong>75% of these deaths were from suicide while 20% of deaths were from homicide.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is robust scientific evidence that a firearm in the home is associated with a higher risk of suicide and that safe storage of firearms is associated with a lower risk of completed suicides and unintentional injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-no-guns.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-no-guns.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-no-guns-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-no-guns-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpted from Canadian Medical Association&nbsp; \/&nbsp;&nbsp;Association m\u00e9dicale canadienne communication of July 15, 2021 CMA updates policy on firearms control: extensive consultations on public health impact After&nbsp;consultations with physicians, provincial medical associations and national medical specialty associations, the Canadian Medical Association is releasing an updated firearms control policy. Through this&nbsp;updated&nbsp;policy&nbsp;Opens in a new window, the CMA &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16605\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;public health&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16605"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20335,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16605\/revisions\/20335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}