The COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Another Commercial Determinant of Health: The Global Firearm Industry

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2021 Jun 30;9(2):264-267. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00628. Print 2021 Jun 30.

Abstract

Firearm violence is a public health crisis worsened by lobbying, marketing, and supply chain tactics from the private industry. During the heightened burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health practitioners should use a commercial determinant of health lens to combat this threat.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Developing Countries
  • Firearms*
  • Global Health*
  • Gun Violence* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Pandemics*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Social Determinants of Health*