Evaluation of a Firearm Safe Storage Device Distribution Program at a Break the Cycle of Violence Summit.

ABSTRACT: This study assesses the feasibility and acceptability of a Firearm Safe Storage Device Distribution Program. The distribution took place at the Break the Cycle of Violence Summit hosted by the Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Break the Cycle Hospital Violence Intervention Program, and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Gun Violence Solutions. The findings will guide future efforts to distribute safe storage devices in clinical settings. Attendees of the Break the Cycle of Violence Summit could choose from three types of safe storage devices to provide to their patients within their practice. Those attendees who participated were asked to participate in an electronic survey to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the safe firearm storage device distribution at

SUBMITTER: Walter C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409402 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature