Implementation of a Secure Firearm Storage Program in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Increased secure firearm storage can reduce youth firearm injury and mortality, a leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the US. Despite the availability of evidence-based secure firearm storage programs and recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, few pediatric clinicians report routinely implementing these programs.

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of an electronic health record (EHR) documentation template (nudge) and the nudge plus facilitation (ie, clinic support to implement the program; nudge+) at promoting delivery of a brief evidence-based secure firearm storage program (SAFE Firearm) that includes counseling about secure firearm storage and free cable locks during all pediatric well visits.

Design, setting, and pa

SUBMITTER: Beidas RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11372656 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature