Interactive intervention for safe firearm storage to prevent youth suicide

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This study aims to develop and test the 'Safer Still' intervention, which promotes safe storage of firearms for adolescents aged 12-17 years discharged from psychiatric hospitals. The intervention will be implemented as an adjunct to traditional care, focusing on households where firearms are stored unsafely. The study will evaluate parental motivation to change firearm storage behavior and how this may mediate the intervention's effectiveness over three months. Additionally, it will explore variations in response based on the adolescent's history of suicide attempts and parental reasons for firearm ownership.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Parent or legal guardian of an adolescent aged 12 to 17 years at time of consent
* Have a child who is receiving psychiatric inpatient, crisis, or emergency treatment at Nationwide Children's Hospital
* Indicate that at least one firearm is located in or around the residence of the adolescent and is stored unlocked, loaded, or both unlocked and loaded.
* Only one parent per household is permitted to participate to avoid contamination across the two study conditions.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to speak/read English
* Lack access to a digital device (smartphone, iPad, tablet computer, desktop, laptop PC).

Where it's running

• Nationwide Children's Hospital Behavioral Health Pavillion
  Columbus, Ohio, United States Recruiting
• Nationwide Children's Hospital
  Columbus, Ohio, United States Not yet recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Jeff Bridge, Ph.D. — Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Study coordinator: Nikhitha Kakarala, MPH
• Email: nikhitha.kakarala@nationwidechildrens.org
• Phone: 614-722-3511

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.