TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Family practice physicians' firearm safety counseling beliefs and behaviors
JO  - Journal of community health
A1  - Everett, S. A.
A1  - Price, J. H.
A1  - Bedell, A. W.
A1  - Telljohann, S. K.
SP  - 313
EP  - 324
VL  - 22
IS  - 5
N2  - The purpose of this study was to identify family physicians' firearm safety counseling beliefs and behaviors. A survey was mailed to a random sample of 600 members of the American Academy of Family Physicians. A three wave mailing technique was used to maximize the response rate and yielded 271 usable surveys (55% response rate). Outcome measures included training experience in firearm safety counseling, the prevalence of firearm safety counseling by family physicians, and their perceptions regarding such counseling. The majority (78%) of family physicians lacked formal training on how to counsel patients about firearm safety and 49% believed more time should be spent in residency programs on firearm safety counseling. The majority (84%) of respondents never or rarely counseled patients on firearm safety and 50% believed firearm safety counseling should be a low priority in their delivery of primary care. The majority of respondents did not regularly counsel patients about firearm safety, did not believe firearm safety counseling should be a priority, and did not believe firearm safety counseling would be effective in reducing firearm-related trauma.
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SN  - 0094-5145
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -