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Assessing the effect of restricting access to barbecue charcoal for suicide prevention in New Taipei City, Taiwan: A controlled interrupted time series analysis
Journal
Journal of affective disorders
Journal Volume
282
End Page
802
Date Issued
2021-03-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning from burning charcoal increased markedly and contributed to a rise in overall suicides in Taiwan in the early 2000s. A previous study indicated short-term effectiveness on reducing suicides of a charcoal restriction programme, which involved voluntary actions from large chain retail stores to move charcoal bags from open shelves to locked cabinets starting from 1st May 2012, in New Taipei City, Taiwan. We investigated the longer-term effect of this programme.
Subjects
Charcoal-burning; Evaluation; Interrupted time series analysis; Means restriction; Suicide
Other Subjects
charcoal; charcoal; adolescent; Article; comparative study; controlled study; human; ICD-10; ICD-9; priority journal; program sustainability; sensitivity analysis; suicide; Taiwan; telephone interview; time series analysis; urbanization; carbon monoxide intoxication; city; epidemiology; suicide; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Charcoal; Cities; Humans; Interrupted Time Series Analysis; Suicide; Taiwan
Type
journal article