Adapting Safety Check as a Universal Suicide Prevention Strategy in Pediatric Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The presence of unlocked firearms in the home is associated with increased risk of suicide and unintentional injury in youth. We adapted an evidence-based program for promoting safe firearm storage, Safety Check, to enhance its acceptability as a universal suicide prevention strategy in pediatric primary care.

Methods

We applied ADAPT-ITT, an established adaptation framework, to guide iterative program adaptation with ongoing input from key stakeholders. The present study describes 2 phases of ADAPT-ITT: the Production phase (generating adaptations) and the Topical Experts phase (gathering stakeholder feedback on adaptations). After generating proposed program adaptations based on 3 inputs (stakeholder feedback collected in a prior study, the behavioral science lit

SUBMITTER: Davis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8429196 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature