https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/401817
標題: | A public health approach in responding to the spread of helium suicide in Hong Kong: A case report | 作者: | SHU-SEN CHANG | 關鍵字: | Helium suicide; Hong Kong; Public health approach | 公開日期: | 2017 | 卷: | 38 | 期: | 4 | 起(迄)頁: | 269-277 | 來源出版物: | Crisis | 摘要: | Background: The use of the helium suicide method has been increasing in popularity in Hong Kong since 2012. We have learned a valuable lesson in curbing the spread of charcoal burning (CB) suicide in the past 15 years and hope to prevent the helium suicide method from taking offin the community. Aims: To document what actions have been taken to contain the spread of the helium suicide method and review the preliminary impact of these actions. Method: We adopted a public health approach by engaging stakeholders from multiple sectors, including the police force, the fire services department, coroners, pathologists, mass media, and online media outlets. Results: A monitoring system was established by compiling data extracted from news reports, coroners' reports, and police investigations. Risk and protective factors were identified. Intervention strategies were developed to strengthen protective factors and minimize risk factors. This novel suicide method has not spread as rapidly as the CB suicide method. The preliminary outcomes suggest our actions to be effective. Limitations: The count of helium suicides in 2015 might be low. The impacts of the interventions are only estimated and require additional empirical verifications. Conclusion: The public health approach of engaging multiple partners in the early phase of a potential epidemic can be a good guide to meeting the challenges posed by any new suicide methods that emerge in the future. ? 2017 Hogrefe Publishing. |
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DOI: | 10.1027/0227-5910/a000449 | SDG/關鍵字: | helium; epidemiological monitoring; epidemiology; health education; health promotion; Hong Kong; human; Internet; mass medium; protection; public health; public service announcement; risk factor; statistics and numerical data; suicide; Epidemiological Monitoring; Health Education; Health Promotion; Helium; Hong Kong; Humans; Internet; Mass Media; Protective Factors; Public Health; Public Service Announcements as Topic; Risk Factors; Suicide |
顯示於: | 健康行為與社區科學研究所 |
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