Pediatric Inpatient Firearm Safety Study

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Firearm Safety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Be SMART

An educational campaign that is non-political reviewing gun safety measures for preventing firearm injuries in children. There is both a video and written materials reviewing the information. The acronym SMART stands for: Secure all guns in your home, Model responsible behavior, Ask about unsecured guns in other homes, Recognize the risks of teen suicide, Tell your peers to be SMART

BEHAVIORAL

Control: TSE

A video called "Kids and Smoke Don't Mix" and handouts on tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) developed by the New York state quit-line.

BEHAVIORAL

Be SMART + MD review

An educational campaign that is non-political reviewing gun safety measures for preventing firearm injuries in children. There is both a video and written materials reviewing the information. The acronym SMART stands for: Secure all guns in your home, Model responsible behavior, Ask about unsecured guns in other homes, Recognize the risks of teen suicide, Tell your peers to be SMART. After being presented to parents/guardians via video and handouts, this information will be reviewed in person with a Physician.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Everytown for Gun Safety

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Consano Clinical Research, LLC

  collaborator OTHER

• Montefiore Medical Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Alyssa H Silver, MD · Children's Hospital at Montefiore-Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-03-01

Primary Completion

2019-08-09

Completion

2019-08-09

Countries

• United States

Study Locations