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Receptiveness and Responsiveness Toward Using Social Media for Safe Firearm Storage Outreach: Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
BackgroundChildhood and adolescent firearm injury and death rates have increased over the past decade and remain major public health concerns in the United States.
Esther Lam, Megan Moreno, Elizabeth Bennett, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +3 more
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“Lock and Protect”: Development of a Digital Decision Aid to Support Lethal Means Counseling in Parents of Suicidal Youth

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Objective: Reducing access to lethal methods is an effective suicide prevention strategy that is often neglected in routine care. Digital interventions have shown promise for addressing such gaps in care; and decision aids have proven useful for ...
Joan R. Asarnow, Lucas Zullo, Stephanie M. Ernestus, Chase W. Venables, David B. Goldston, Angela M. Tunno, Marian E. Betz   +6 more
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Safe at home: prevention of pediatric unintentional injuries

Injury Epidemiology, 2023
Background Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children in the United States. Studies have shown that parent adherence to safety guidelines is improved when education is provided in conjunction with safety equipment.
Coleman Burch, Alicia Webb, Eric Jorge, Bill King, Michele Nichols, Kathy Monroe   +5 more
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An intervention to improve safe firearm storage for adolescents presenting with suicide ideation or attempt in a pediatric emergency department

Injury Epidemiology, 2022
Background Firearm injuries are the second leading cause of death in American youth aged 15 to 24, and over half of these deaths are suicides. Self-harm deaths in Wisconsin among adolescents have increased by 34% since 2006.
Ashley Cleary, Frannie Kaczor, Maisie Finnegan, John Schimek, Abby Egen-Schimek, Erin O’Donnell, Marlene Melzer-Lange   +6 more
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Research and development of training pistols for laser shooting simulation system

Defence Technology, 2020
Firearm shooting simulators are effective means for training the personnel in armed forces, police and shooting athletes. Shooter–weapon is a complex biomechanical system, therefore the best training quality is achieved when the process of a weapon shot ...
Algimantas Fedaravičius, Kestutis Pilkauskas, Egidijus Slizys, Arvydas Survila   +3 more
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An Interactive Web-Based Lethal Means Safety Decision Aid for Suicidal Adults (Lock to Live): Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
BackgroundCounseling to reduce access to lethal means such as firearms and medications is recommended for suicidal adults but does not routinely occur. We developed the Web-based Lock to Live (L2L) decision aid to help suicidal adults and their families ...
Betz, Marian E, Knoepke, Christopher E, Simpson, Scott, Siry, Bonnie J, Clement, Ashley, Saunders, Tamara, Johnson, Rachel, Azrael, Deborah, Boudreaux, Edwin D, Omeragic, Faris, Adams, Leah M, Almond, Sydney, Juarez-Colunga, Elizabeth, Matlock, Daniel D   +13 more
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"Love Our Kids, Lock Your Guns" [PDF]

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2001
Safer storage practices may reduce injury rates by limiting youth access to firearms.To determine if a firearm safety counseling and gun lock distribution program improved storage practices.Community-based before-after trial.Urban county in central North Carolina.One hundred twelve adult gun owners recruited through a mass media advertising campaign.In
T, Coyne-Beasley, V J, Schoenbach, R M, Johnson   +2 more
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Commentary: Evidence to Guide Gun Violence Prevention in America [PDF]

, 2015
Gun violence is a major threat to the public's health and safety in the United States. The articles in this volume's symposium on gun violence reveal the scope of the problem and new trends in mortality rates from gunfire.
Daniel W. Webster
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Accountability and Intervening Agency: An Asymmetry between Upstream and Downstream Actors [PDF]

, 2016
Suppose someone (P1) does something that is wrongful only in virtue of the risk that it will enable another person (P2) to commit a wrongdoing. Suppose further that P1’s conduct does indeed turn out to enable P2’s wrongdoing.
Bazargan-Forward, Saba
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Reducing firearm access for youth at risk for suicide in a pediatric emergency department

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundFirearm-related suicide is the second leading cause of pediatric firearm death. Lethal means counseling (LMC) can improve firearm safe-storage practices for families with youth at risk of suicide.ObjectivesThis study aims to evaluate the ...
Sofia Chaudhary, Sofia Chaudhary, Sofia Chaudhary, Kiesha Fraser Doh, Kiesha Fraser Doh, Kiesha Fraser Doh, Emilie Morris, Caroline Chivily, Donnetta S. Washington, Donnetta S. Washington, Scott E. Gillespie, Andrew Jergel, Sarah Lazarus, Sarah Lazarus, Sarah Lazarus, Angela Costa, Angela Costa, Angela Costa, Nathan Call, Nathan Call, Jonathan Rupp, Harold K. Simon, Harold K. Simon, Harold K. Simon   +23 more
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