ArticleBMC public health2021
Study protocol: developing and evaluating an interactive web platform to teach children hunting, shooting and firearms safety: a randomized controlled trial.
Article in BMC public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04622943 (ShootSafe), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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ShootSafe: An Interactive Web Platform to Teach Children Hunting, Shooting and Firearms Safety
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluation of ShootSafe, an Interactive, Sequential Website to Teach Youths Firearms Safety: A Randomized Clinical Trial.American journal of public health · 2025Trial
- Trajectories of Handgun Carrying in Rural Communities From Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Children and Firearms in the United States: Parent and Child Reports on Firearms Use, Storage, and Training.Academic pediatricsTrial
- Caregivers' reported views on firearm counseling.Injury epidemiology · 2026Article
- Unintentional firearms mortality disparities across states-USA, 2001-2021.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025Article
- The digital MySteps intervention for abused women at risk for firearm-related injuries and homicides: Findings from the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024Article
- The forgotten facet of firearms safety: Unintentional gun injuries and deaths in the United States.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFirearms injuries present a major pediatric public health challenge in the United States. This study protocol describes research to develop and then conduct a randomized clinical trial to evaluate ShootSafe, an interactive, engaging, educational website to teach children firearms safety. ShootSafe has three primary goals: (a) teach children basic knowledge and skills needed to hunt, shoot, and use firearms safely; (b) help children learn and hone critical cognitive skills of impulse control and hypothetical thinking needed to use firearms safely; and (c) alter children's perceptions about their own vulnerability and susceptibility to firearms-related injuries, the severity of those injuries, and their perceived norms about peer behavior surrounding firearms use. ShootSafe will accomplish these goals through a combination of interactive games plus short, impactful testimonial videos and short expert-led educational videos.
methodsFollowing website development, ShootSafe will be evaluated through a randomized controlled trial with 162 children ages 10-12, randomly assigning children to engage in ShootSafe or an active control website. Multiple self-report, computer-based, and behavioral measures will assess functioning at baseline, immediately following training, and at 4-month follow-up. Four sets of outcomes will be considered: firearms safety knowledge; cognitive skills in impulse control and hypothetical thinking; perceptions about firearms safety; and simulated behavior when handling, storing and transporting firearms. Training in both conditions will comprise two 45-min sessions. DISCUSSION: If results are as hypothesized, ShootSafe offers potential as a theory-based program to teach children firearms safety in an accessible, engaging and educational manner. Translation into practice is highly feasible.
trial registrationThe study protocol was registered on 11/10/20 at clinicaltrials.gov ( NCT04622943 ).
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