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ArticleGlobalization and health2025

"Stop, don't touch, run away!": reconceptualizing firearm industry-funded youth education programs as corporate political activity.

May C I van Schalkwyk, Benjamin Hawkins, Nason Maani, Mark Petticrew

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Article in Globalization and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

May C I van SchalkwykGlobal Health Policy Unit, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD, UK.
Benjamin HawkinsMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK. ben.hawkins@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk.
Nason MaaniGlobal Health Policy Unit, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LD, UK.
Mark PetticrewFaculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place London, London, WC1H 9SH, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/S037519/1Medical Research Council MR/Y030753/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInjuries represent a major threat to child health globally. In the US, firearm injuries are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. Despite limited evidence of their effectiveness industry-funded bodies promote the delivery of their youth education programs while lobbying against firearm control policies. This article analyzes how the National Rifle Association (NRA) frames issues of gun ownership, safety and the role of the Eddie Eagle GunSafe

methodsWe conducted an analysis of Eddie Eagle Gunsafe

resultsThe NRA's education-related practices support the firearm industry's political agenda. The NRA adopts framing and action strategies that present the presence of firearms in homes and communities as inevitable and normal, and the education of children through the delivery of their "lifesaving" program as the common-sense and effective way of keeping children safe from firearm injuries. They make misleading claims about the effectiveness of the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe

conclusionThe delivery of the Eddie Eagle GunSafe

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FirearmsIndustryPoliticsWounds, GunshotAdolescentChildHumansUnited StatesChild health policyCommercial determinants of healthCorporate political activityFirearm industryFirearm injuriesGun safety education

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PMID40346672
PMCPMC12063408

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