Firearm Storage in US Households With Children
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48823
Abstract: This survey study uses responses from the 2021 National Firearms Survey to analyze firearm storage practices in US households with children. read more here.
Keywords: households children; storage households; firearm storage;
Evaluation of Safe Firearm Storage Messaging in a Sample of Firearm-Owning US Military Service Members
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.35984
Abstract: Key Points Question Is the content of visual messaging associated with willingness to adopt safe firearm storage practices? Findings In this comparative effectiveness study of 367 US military service members who did not currently endorse… read more here.
Keywords: military service; service members; firearm storage; firearm ... See more keywords
Parental Firearm Storage and Their Teens’ Perceived Firearm Access in US Households
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14443
Abstract: Key Points Question What are the associations between the number of household firearms stored in different behaviors (ie, unlocked or locked, loaded or unloaded) and teens’ perceived access to firearms? Findings In this cross-sectional study… read more here.
Keywords: firearm storage; perceived firearm; firearm access; access ... See more keywords
Alcohol use and change over time in firearm safety among families with young children.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.01.032
Abstract: BACKGROUND Improperly stored firearms pose a clear health risk to children. Previous research concurrently links alcohol use with lower levels of firearm safety. The objectives of this study were to assess (1) how families move… read more here.
Keywords: storage; storage practices; firearm storage; firearm safety ... See more keywords
Locked and loaded: correlates of in-home firearm storage beliefs and behaviours
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DOI: 10.1136/ip-2023-045096
Abstract: Objectives To understand how crime and victimisation fears and risks operate alongside social status threats and motivations to shape unsafe in-home firearm storage practices and beliefs. Methods Using data from firearm owners identified in a… read more here.
Keywords: locked loaded; firearm storage; loaded firearm; home firearm ... See more keywords
Military spouse and key stakeholder perspectives of effective messaging for US service members on secure storage of personal firearms: a qualitative study
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DOI: 10.1136/ip-2024-045351
Abstract: Background Secure firearm storage is a proposed method for reducing intentional and unintentional firearm injury and death among US military service members. However, little is known about suggested key messengers and optimal message content to… read more here.
Keywords: secure firearm; service members; firearm storage;
Normalizing Secure Firearm Storage Can Save Kids’ Lives
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DOI: 10.1177/08901171251332078
Abstract: Half of fatal firearm injuries, now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 20, occur in a home. We are asking health coaches and other health promotion professionals to help us… read more here.
Keywords: secure firearm; firearm storage; secure; normalizing secure ... See more keywords
Impact of a suicide prevention learning module for firearm training courses in Louisiana
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DOI: 10.1186/s40621-024-00526-0
Abstract: Firearm suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. Suicide prevention experts have advocated for upstream interventions that can be implemented prior to the development of suicidal thoughts, particularly those that focus… read more here.
Keywords: firearm training; firearm; suicide prevention; firearm storage ... See more keywords
Material hardship and secure firearm storage: findings from the 2022 behavioral risk factor Surveillance System
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DOI: 10.1186/s40621-024-00549-7
Abstract: Firearm secure storage is an important public health practice due to its potential impact on reducing the incidence of accidental injuries, suicides, and thefts. Yet, there is limited research on how economic conditions might shape… read more here.
Keywords: firearm storage; material hardship; risk; secure ... See more keywords
Firearm safe storage practices among firearm owners in rural and urban households
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DOI: 10.1186/s40621-025-00587-9
Abstract: Safe firearm storage may reduce suicide and unintentional firearm injuries. However, little is known about safe storage practices in rural US populations. We aimed to examine the association between living in a rural US area… read more here.
Keywords: firearm storage; rural urban; storage practices; storage ... See more keywords
Applying Behavioral Economics to Enhance Safe Firearm Storage
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-2268
Abstract: In this article, we identify behavioral economic concepts that could enhance existing public health approaches to safe firearm storage, with the goal of reducing pediatric firearm injuries. Behavioral economics applies key principles from psychology and… read more here.
Keywords: firearm; firearm storage; behavioral economic; safe firearm ... See more keywords