+ Firearm Injury Prevention: Failure of Gun-Safety Education
- Author:
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Dowd MD / Sege R / Smith GA / Wright JL
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Pediatrics: American Academy of Pediatrics;
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Gun Carrying, Public Health, Storage
- Keywords:
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Children, SAFETY education, critique, gun handling
The authors comment on another researcher’s published study, which demonstrated that gun-safety education among young children does not prevent children’s subsequent handling of guns in naturalistic settings...
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+ Community based program to improve firearm storage practices in rural Alaska
- Author:
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Horn, A. / Grossman, D. C. / Jones, W. / Berger, L. R.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Health, Storage, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Alaska Native, Firearms, intervention, pilot program, youth access
The authors developed and evaluated a pilot program to reduce unauthorized access to firearms by youth by distributing gun safes and trigger locks to households in two Alaska Native villages in the Bristol...
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+ Improving firearm storage habits: impact of brief office counseling by family physicians
- Author:
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Albright, T. L. / Burge, S. K.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Am Board Fam Pract
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Medical, Public Health, Storage, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Safety, Storage, family physician, intervention, office counseling
The authors examined the impact of brief office counseling by family physicians on patients’ firearm storage habits, using data from a community based, university-affiliated family practice residency...
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+ Evaluation of the "Respect Not Risk" firearm safety lesson for 3rd-graders
- Author:
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Liller, K. D. / Perrin, K. / Nearns, J. / Pesce, K. / Crane, N. B. / Gonzalez, R. R.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Sch Nurs
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Local, Public Health, Storage, Students
- Keywords:
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Attitude, Safety, gun, knowledge, school
The authors evaluated the "Respect Not Risk" Firearm Safety Lesson for 3rd-graders in Pinellas County, Florida, using qualitative and quantitative data from six schools representing various socioeconomic...
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+ Review of evaluations of educational approaches to promote safe storage of firearms
- Author:
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McGee, K. S. / Coyne-Beasley, T. / Johnson, R. M.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Prevention, Public Health, Storage
- Keywords:
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database review, intervention, safe storage
The authors reviewed evaluation studies of educational interventions promoting safe firearm storage, following a search of various major databases (Medline, ERIC, PsycINFO, Criminal Justice Periodicals...
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+ A Radio-Based Approach to Promoting Gun Safety: Process and Outcome Evaluation Implications and Insights
- Author:
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Meyer, Gary / Roberto, Anthony J. / Atkin, Charles K.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Health Communication
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Public Health, State, Storage
- Keywords:
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gun safety, intervention, public service announcement
The authors evaluate the outcome of a public health intervention in a mid-Michigan county and compare the effect of three public service announcements (PSA) promoting 10 gun-safety practices and a direct-mail...
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+ 'They're Too Smart for That': Predicting What Children Would Do in the Presence of Guns
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- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Prevention, Public Health, Storage, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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instruction, loaded, locked, reaction, reasoning
The authors investigated the beliefs of 317 urban and 311 rural respondents to a randomized telephone survey in Northeast Ohio, who had children aged 5 to 15 years, about how children would react to finding...
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