Firearm Screening in the Pediatric Emergency Department
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Conditions studied: Firearm Safety, Firearm Injury, Firearm Ownership
In brief
Firearm injuries is the leading cause of death for children in the United States with approximately 5,000 children being injured or killed by firearms annually. Estimates show there are over 400 million legal and illicit firearms in the US, with approximately 43% of Minnesotans owning a firearm, and over 4.5 million US children living in a home where a firearm is stored loaded and unlocked. Due to the ubiquity of firearms in American homes, interventions that address safe storage can prevent a significant number of pediatric injuries and deaths. Injury prevention and safety counseling are integral parts of pediatric care. Pediatric providers already screen for and provide safety counseling regarding infant sleep location, car seats, bike helmets, and smoking. Firearm safety screening is a natural fit with pediatric practice. However, in the absence of a standardized process, screening for firearm access is rarely completed. In this randomized controlled trial (RCT), the investigators will identify the most effective firearm safety screening question(s) among caregivers of children presenting to the pediatric emergency department (PED) using a stratified, six-arm RCT. Under the assumption that individuals under-report firearm ownership, firearm safety screeners resulting in higher rates of self-reported firearm exposure will be considered more effective.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07482982
- Run by
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
- People needed
- 784
- Starts
- 2024-12-15
- Expected to finish
- 2025-09-04
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Caregivers: Any adult in the PED may self-enroll through use of the QR code.
- Research Assistants will only approach families to facilitate enrollment for: 1) Emergency Severity Index (ESI) 3, 4, or 5; 2) ESI 1 or 2 with provider approval; 3) Families who are noted to speak English, Spanish, or Somali in Cerner
You may not qualify if…
- Under age 18
Where it is running
- Children's Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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