Children's Household Exposure to Guns: A Pediatric Practice-Based Survey

Assessed the prevalence and type of firearms in households with children and social correlates of ownership. Predictor variables for ownership included rural residence, fewer preschool children, gender, and race. Data suggest that pediatricians routinely see children in families that own firearms, m...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1994-03, Vol.93 (3), p.469-475
Main Author: Senturia, Yvonne D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident Prevention
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Safety
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Demographic aspects
Environmental aspects
Family Environment
Firearms
Firearms - statistics & numerical data
Firearms owners
General aspects
Guns
Housing
Humans
Medical sciences
Pediatrics
Physician Patient Relationship
Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation
Polls & surveys
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Safety
Safety Education
Socioeconomic Factors
Storage
United States
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Summary:Assessed the prevalence and type of firearms in households with children and social correlates of ownership. Predictor variables for ownership included rural residence, fewer preschool children, gender, and race. Data suggest that pediatricians routinely see children in families that own firearms, many of which are loaded and unlocked handguns. Suggests that pediatricians counsel parents about gun exposure. (HTH)
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.93.3.469