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Unit 2 Assignment: Health Behavior Theory
Shikama Matembera
Jeff Housman
PU 505
October 2, 2018
Health Behavior Theory Annotated Bibliography
Public health issues are things that affect the public in general by causing mass death or any other harm to well the wellbeing of the public in general. In many countries especially the developed ones, the cases of people owning a firearm are rampant most of which are unlicensed holders. This put the life of the general public in threat as the holder of the gun can result in using the firearm malicious purposes other than the intended ones. this situation leads to the growth of good guns for the requirements of their activities are available. This situation calls for the mitigation measures in the country to address this issue. This can be informed of policies on ownership of guns to ensure that they are not held illegally.
Loria, K. (2018). Gun Control Works- here's the science to prove it. business insider by Pulse. Retrieved https://www.pulselive.co.ke/bi/tech/gun-control-really-works-here's-the-science-to-prove-it-id8776144.html
This article is on the cases of guns' deaths in the United States. It gives an account of the frequency of happening of deaths in the US. It highlights the deaths in the country and findings of different researches done about the topic in the US. It also gives an account of the gun deaths due to the various categories such as robbery, suicides, and murders. It also gives the effects of some past policies and the views of the public.
The general findings of the research are that there are almost as many guns as people in the US. According to the article, an instance can happen in that while one case is not yet solved, another one comes up again. The article, however, does not exact the number of deaths in the US to ascertain whether it is higher or less than the number of people. This study is very relevant to the public health issue at it gives the account of the different cases and suggests the ways for solving the issue (Loria, 2018).
Smart, R. (2018). Mass Shooting: Definitions and Trends. Gun Policy in America. Retrieved from https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/supplementary/mass-shootings.html
The article mass shootings give a general overview of the mass shootings. It also examines in details one of the outcomes of the research. It also gives the approach of defining the mass shooting and the finding of the research. It gives the analysis of the occurrence by the different sources. In the article, the variations are identified and noted according to the sources. The article also gives the trends in the case at hand.
From the article, the definition of a mass shooting is found. The article covers research done on the topic at hand and trend analysis of the cases. The finding of the research is that the case of mass shooting has increased over the recent years. The advantage of the article is that it gives the visual view of the trend through the line graphs. The article, therefore, is crucial for the case at hand as it gives a clear picture of the progress of the matter through years hence the need for action on it (Smart, 2018).
Lopez, G. (2018) America can prevent shootings. But it has to come to grips with the problem. Vox. Retrieved from https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/21/17028930/gun-violence-us-statistics-charts
This article is an account of the actions that can be taken to remedy the issues of mass shooting in the US. The article gives a case of shooting at a high school in Texas. It also has a research on the mass shooting in the US and the findings of the researches. It also has a comparison of the mass shooting issues in different countries in the world from the lowest the highest following the development index of human beings.
The findings of the article are that there are different solutions to the problems of mass shootings. Some of the solutions are actually not so complicated to implement and therefore can easily be considered. The article is good at the visual presentation of the problem at hand as it gives graphical analysis. It also displays the information in form of line graphs which make the situation easy to understand. For the case at hand, the article is important for its attempts to give the solutions that can be adopted (Lopez, 2018).
References
Lopez, G. (2018) America can prevent shootings. But it has to come to grips with the problem. Vox.
Retrieved 29/9/2018 from
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/21/17028930/gun-violence-us-statistics-charts
Loria, K. (2018). Gun Control Works- here's the science to prove it. business insider by Pulse.
Retrieved 29/9/2018 from
Smart, R. (2018). Mass Shooting: Definitions and Trends. Gun Policy in America.
Retrieved 29/9/2018 from
https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/supplementary/mass-shootings.html