Effects of a Province-Based Strategy to Prevent Suicide Using Charcoal Burning: A Preliminary Time Series Analysis
Psychiatry Investigation
;
: 621-624, 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-760967
ABSTRACT
The suicide rate in Korea has been declining steadily after peaking in 2011. However, to date, time-series analyses of Korean suicide rate data have mainly addressed factors related to increases in suicide rates. This study analyzed one of the most important evidence-based public health strategies to decrease suicide, that is, preventive effects of restricting access to lethal means via a charcoal-selling procedure improvement campaign, using multivariate time series analysis. The results showed the campaign in Gyeonggi Province had a significant effect on decreasing the number of charcoal-burning suicides in this area. It is believed that the present study has important implications in terms of providing the first empirical evidence for the charcoal-selling procedure improvement campaign in Korea. Further repeated research is needed to evaluate the impact of the intervention when the more enough observational data become available.
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Assunto principal:
Suicídio
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Queimaduras
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Carvão Vegetal
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Saúde Pública
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Coreia (Geográfico)
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Psychiatry Investigation
Ano de publicação:
2019
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