Importance: Firearms caused more than 500 pediatric fatalities in 2017-a 50% increase from 2009. Laws regulating firearms are one approach to reducing pediatric firearm fatalities. Objective: To evaluate the association between state child access prevention...
For hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs), gun violence intervention and the treatment of firearm-related injuries for male survivors require a sui generis network of team members that includes physicians, caseworkers, mental health care providers, and...
Importance More US children die by accidental gun use than children in other developed countries. One factor that can influence children’s interest in guns is exposure to media containing guns. Objective To test whether children who see a movie containing guns will...
Objective Increase the frequency and documentation of gun safety discussions during well-child checks in the pediatric primary care resident clinic to 50% within 6 months. Methods This is a quality improvement study in a pediatric resident continuity clinic. Before...
Although research has examined various correlates of weapon and gun carrying at school and among adolescents, it has yet to consider the relationship between gun stores around schools and the carrying of guns at school. This study uses data from the 2015–2016...
