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In the United States, 4.6 million children live in a home with at least one loaded and unsecured firearm. Gun safety in the home is an important topic for health care professionals to discuss with caregivers so we can keep kids from accessing guns.
Join Children’s Hospital Association and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for an overview of how health care providers can be involved in firearm safety counseling. Attendees will learn:
- The need for and efficacy of firearm safety counseling
- Advantages and disadvantages of different firearm locking devices
- Barriers and facilitators to successful hospital-based interventions
- Tips for navigating conversations about safe firearm storage
