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Acceptability and feasibility of video-based firearm safety education in a Colorado emergency department for caregivers of adolescents in firearm-owning households
| العنوان: | Acceptability and feasibility of video-based firearm safety education in a Colorado emergency department for caregivers of adolescents in firearm-owning households |
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| المؤلفون: | Haasz, Maya, Betz, Marian E, Ambroggio, Lilliam, Cafferty, Rachel, King, Cheryl A, Wong, Shale, Leonard, Jan, Brooks-Russell, Ashley, Sigel, Eric |
| المساهمون: | NIH/NCATS |
| المصدر: | Injury Prevention ; page ip-2023-045204 ; ISSN 1353-8047 1475-5785 |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| الوصف: | Background Easy firearm access increases injury risk among adolescents. We evaluated the acceptability and feasibility of improving knowledge of a 3 min safe firearm storage education video in the paediatric emergency department. Methods We conducted a single-centre block trial in a large paediatric emergency department (August 2020–2022). Participants were caregivers of adolescents (10–17 years) in firearm-owning households. First block participants (control) completed a baseline survey about child safety behaviours (including firearms). Second block participants (intervention) completed a baseline survey, watched the safe firearm storage video and evaluated acceptability. Participants completed a 3-month follow-up survey about firearm safety behaviours and knowledge recall. Demographic and clinical variables were compared between the intervention and control groups using Fisher’s exact and χ 2 tests. McNemar’s test was used to compare firearm storage behaviours at the initial and 3-month visit within each group. Results Research staff approached 1264 caregivers; 371 consented to participate (29.4%) and 144 (38.8%) endorsed firearm ownership. There were 95 participants in the control group and 62 in the intervention group. Follow-up was lower in the intervention group (53.7% vs 37.1%, p=0.04). Among participants viewing the video, 80.3% liked the video and 50.0% felt they learnt something new from the video. Conclusions Video-based firearm education in a paediatric emergency department is acceptable among a population of caregivers of adolescents with household firearms. This is a higher-risk group that may uniquely benefit from consistent education in the paediatric emergency department. Further study with larger populations is needed to evaluate intervention effectiveness. Trial registration The study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov ( NCT05168878 ). |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1136/ip-2023-045204 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-045204 https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1136/ip-2023-045204 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.FB5B73C3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1136/ip-2023-045204 |
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