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Reducing Youth Access to Firearms Through the Healthcare Setting, Denver, Colorado, 2018-2019 (ICPSR 37282)
Released/updated on: 2021-08-31
Geographic coverage: United States, Colorado, Denver
Time period: 2018-01-01--2019-01-01
The purpose of this project was to determine whether the health care setting can be utilized to decrease firearm access for adolescents, including those who are demonstrating a higher risk probability of accessing firearms that would result in harmful consequences. This project evaluated firearm access screening for youth and parents, means restriction counseling education for health care providers, the delivery of means restriction counseling to parents by health care providers, the effectiveness of means restriction counseling on parental storage practices, and whether the distribution of firearm storage devices decreased adolescent access to firearms.