Context Despite the wide availability of guns in the United States, not all delinquent adolescents own guns and not all adolescent gun owners carry them at all times. Research about the factors that prevent high-risk youth from acquiring and carrying guns is limited....
Background Safer storage practices may reduce injury rates by limiting youth access to firearms. Objective To determine if a firearm safety counseling and gun lock distribution program improved storage practices. Design Community-based before-after trial. Setting...
Objective To compare rates of serious firearm injuries among children and adolescents treated in a statewide trauma system. Materials and Methods We reviewed the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (Mechanicsburg) registry from January 1, 1987, through December 31,...
Context The source and ownership of guns used by children to shoot themselves or others is largely unknown. Objective To determine the ownership and usual storage location of firearms used in unintentional and self-inflicted intentional firearm deaths and injuries....
Objective To examine the characteristics of unintentional and assaultive firearm-related pediatric injuries treated in trauma centers. Design Comparative analysis of patients 14 years or younger who were admitted to the trauma centers because of unintentional...