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Patrick O'Carroll, MD, MPH
Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control Centers for Disease Control Atlanta, Ga

JAMA. 1989;262(3):348-349.

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To the Editor.—

I am writing in regard to the article entitled "Epidemiologists Aim at New Target: Health Risk of Handgun Proliferation,"¹ which I do not believe accurately portrays either my approach to injury prevention research or that of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

The National Academy of Sciences, in two recent reports, called for renewed national commitment to injury prevention and recommended that the CDC organize and coordinate the nation's injury control activities. Congress responded to the National Academy of Sciences recommendations and, in 1986, passed the Injury Prevention Act, which charged the CDC with the following responsibilities: (1) to promote and support research into the causes, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of injuries; (2) to promote cooperation among specialists in the many fields involved in injury research and prevention; and (3) to promote coordination among the numerous organizations and agencies involved in injury research and prevention.

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