“Stop, don’t touch, run away!”: reconceptualizing firearm industry-funded youth education programs as corporate political activity

Background Injuries represent a major threat to child health globally. In the US, firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. Despite limited evidence of their effectiveness industry-funded bodies promote the delivery of their youth education programs while lobbyi...

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Published in:	Globalization and health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 27 - 24
Main Authors:	van Schalkwyk, May C. I., Hawkins, Benjamin, Maani, Nason, Petticrew, Mark
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 09.05.2025 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Accidental shootings Actors Adolescent Adolescents America Child Child health policy Child mortality Children Children & youth Childrens health Commercial determinants of health Corporate political activity Credibility Development Economics Education Educational aspects Educational programs Effectiveness Epidemiology Evaluation Federal funding Firearm accidents & safety Firearm industry Firearm injuries Firearm laws & regulations Firearms Firearms - legislation & jurisprudence Firearms industry Firearms ownership Frame analysis Global health Governance Gun control Gun safety education Gun violence Health aspects Health care expenditures Health education Health problems Health promotion Health Services Research Humans Industry Injuries Injury analysis Injury prevention Legitimacy Lobbying Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality Mothers Ownership Policies Political activity Political participation Politics Prevention Public Health Public relations Quality of Life Research Safety Safety regulations Scrutiny Small arms Social Policy Strategies Taxonomy Teenagers United States Weapons industry Wounds, Gunshot - prevention & control Youth Youth services United States United Kingdom America United States > US Corporate political activity Commercial determinants of health Gun safety education Firearm industry Firearm injuries Child health policy
ISSN:	1744-8603, 1744-8603
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