TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Screening for youth firearm violence exposure in primary care
JO  - AJPM Focus
A1  - Goyal, Ansh
A1  - Labellarte, Patricia Z.
A1  - Hayes, Ashley A.
A1  - Bicek, J. C. 3rd
A1  - Barrera, Leonardo
A1  - Becker, Adam B.
A1  - Rowell, Bruce
A1  - Brewer, Audrey G.
SP  - e100146
EP  - e100146
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
N2  - INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to assess a modified gun violence exposure tool at a pediatric clinic on the West Side of Chicago to identify youth at high risk of future gun violence. <br><br>METHODS: A modified version of the SaFETy gun violence exposure tool, studied in a community pediatric primary care setting, was implemented from June to August 2021. Patients and pediatric clinicians were surveyed after pilot. <br><br>RESULTS: Of 508 eligible patients, 341 youth (67.1%) completed the SaFETy tool. None had a SaFETy score ≥6, the threshold for immediate referral. Over a quarter (26.4%) of youth had scores of 1-5, and of those, 7.8% were referred at the clinician's discretion. Youth (n=84) participants randomly selected to complete an anonymous survey provided feedback about the SaFETY tool, reporting that the questions were easy to understand (92%). All 6 pediatric clinicians surveyed agreed that the tool helped to identify youth exposed to gun violence. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Screening for gun violence exposure among youth is logistically feasible in the pediatric outpatient setting. A more sensitive validated tool to stratify low-/medium-risk patients in the primary care setting is needed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2773-0654
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2023.100146
ID  - ref1
ER  -