To evaluate the effectiveness of gun-safety counseling, a gun-safety brochure, and a free gun lock in subsequent gun removal and safe storage. In a predominantly Hispanic pediatric clinic, gun-owning families were identified and assigned to either an intervention...
Background In 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued statements calling for aggressive actions to reduce the dangers of firearms to children and adolescents, including removing handguns from homes with children and working toward a ban on the manufacture,...
Background Previous studies of concealed firearm carrying among children and adolescents have focused on individual risk factors. Objective To identify features of neighborhoods associated with concealed firearm carrying among a representative sample of youth from...
Objectives To examine concealed gun carrying between the ages of 12 and 17 years in a population of clinic-referred boys, many of whom qualified for a disruptive behavior disorder, including conduct disorder (CD); to identify factors and diagnoses related to concealed...
Objective To describe gun storage patterns in gun-owning families with children. Design Survey of parents attending participating of fices. Setting Twenty-nine urban, suburban, and rural pediatric practices in Chicago, Ill; New Jersey; Houston, Tex; Utah; Georgia;...