TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The relationship between parents' reported storage of firearms and their children's perceived access to firearms: a safety disconnect
JO  - Clinical pediatrics
A1  - Doh, Kiesha Fraser
A1  - Morris, Claudia R.
A1  - Akbar, Tasneem
A1  - Chaudhary, Sofia
A1  - Lazarus, Sarah G.
A1  - Figueroa, Janet
A1  - Agarwal, Maneesha
A1  - Simon, Harold K.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Locked-up and unloaded firearm storage is a tenet of injury prevention campaigns to decrease children's access to firearms. This study cohort describes the reported presence of, storage mechanisms for, and children's perceived access to firearms. Parent-child dyads (n = 297) were recruited from pediatric emergency departments in Atlanta, GA. Gun owners were 25% of cohort; 53% reported storing some firearms insecurely. Gun owners were more likely to believe their child could access a firearm versus non-gun owners (11% vs 3%). Children of gun owners versus non-gun owners indicated increased ability to acquire a gun (14% vs 4%). Fifty-nine percent of children could not identify a real versus toy gun in a picture. This study highlights a plurality of parents storing firearms insecurely with a significant portion of children reporting gun access and demonstrating inability to recognize actual guns. This disconnect points to the importance of public health interventions to decrease access to firearms in this vulnerable population.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-9228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922820944398
ID  - ref1
ER  -