Pediatric Inpatient Firearm Safety Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Firearm Safety

In brief

There is currently no available data regarding using the inpatient setting as an opportunity to talk to parents/guardians about firearm safety. The investigators will be doing a pre-/post-intervention study to investigate the effect of an intervention (a 5.5 minute Be SMART video and written materials developed by the organization Everytown for Gun Safety), on parental/legal guardian knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding firearm safety. While the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the safest home for children is one without guns, the reality is that there are families with guns in the home. This non-political video focuses on ways to keep children safe from firearms. The investigators will also investigate any additional effect of physician-delivered counseling on parental/guardian knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding gun safety as compared to receiving the information solely via video and written materials. Participants will be randomized to 1 of 3 groups (intervention, intervention + MD discussion and control group). Outcomes will be assessed immediately post intervention and in a 30-day follow up phone call.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03077646

Run by

Montefiore Medical Center

People needed

225

Starts

2017-03-01

Expected to finish

2019-08-09

Last updated by the study team

2021-02-23

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• parents/guardians whose child is hospitalized in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• parents/guardians whose child is in acute distress
• parents/guardians who have previously been in the study

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital at Montefiore — The Bronx, New York, United States

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