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gnizing that keeping children safe is as important to parents who own guns as those who do not. Experience suggests that persuading gun-owning families to store their firearms safely is not an easy task. Educational interventions to promote safe storage of firearms (including physician counseling) have not been successful in the past. Part of the problem may be that safe storage programs may not have been informed by a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of firearm storage practices."

"Generating widespread improvement in firearm storage practices will require a commitment to conducting behavioral science research and applying new information to design effective interventions. First, research outlining the determinants of storage practices is needed. Specifically, studies should address parents' risk perceptions about firearm injury to children in conjunction with their beliefs about the effectiveness of guns for defense and motivations underlying parents' firearm storage practices. Surprisingly, little of this information is available. Next, what is learned from behavioral research should be applied to small-scale interventions, using behavioral science theory to guide intervention development," they write.
(JAMA. 2005;293:740-741. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com)

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8-Feb-2005

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