Firearm Storage and Adult Alcohol Misuse Among Washington State Households With Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Firearm injuries and fatalities among children are an important public health problem. Children living with an adult misusing alcohol may be at a heightened risk for self-harm or unintentional injury, highlighting the need to investigate the association between household firearm storage and adult alcohol misuse.

Objectives

To characterize household firearm presence among children by various sociodemographic characteristics, and to assess the association between children living in a home with an unsafely stored firearm and an adult reporting alcohol misuse.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional investigation uses data from the 2013 and 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in the state of Washington, a program that administers a te

SUBMITTER: Morgan ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583421 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature