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Trial of a Nurse-Led Firearm Safety Intervention in the Pediatric Inpatient Setting

United States7,200 participantsStarted 2026-12

Plain-language summary

In this randomized controlled trial, researchers will assess the effectiveness and implementation of S.A.F.E. Firearm in the inpatient pediatric hospital setting. S.A.F.E. Firearm has been adapted for nurse-led delivery to parents/caregivers (hereafter, parents) of hospitalized youth. Adapted S.A.F.E. Firearm involves a brief discussion between nurses and parents about secure firearm storage and an offer of a free firearm cable lock. Researchers will test S.A.F.E. Firearm and a bundle of strategies intended to support the routinization of S.A.F.E. Firearm into nursing workflows. The questions the study aims to answer are: * How effective is adapted S.A.F.E. Firearm at changing parents' firearm storage behavior? * How effective is the implementation strategy bundle at increasing delivery of adapted S.A.F.E. Firearm? Some parents will be invited to participate in surveys about their experiences with adapted S.A.F.E. Firearm, and some nurses will be invited to participate in interviews about their experiences with the implementation strategy bundle.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria (Health System Employees): * Nurses who work on a nursing unit randomized to the intervention arm Exclusion Criteria (Health System Employees): * Not a nurse who works on a nursing unit randomized to the intervention arm Inclusion Criteria (Parents of Hospitalized Youth): * Parent/guardian of youth ages 0-17 years old hospitalized on a participating inpatient unit (either Intervention or Usual Care arm) during the trial period * Age greater than or equal to 18 years old * At least 1 parent/guardian must be at the bedside to receive intervention prior to discharge Exclusion Criteria (Parents of Hospitalized Youth): * Not a parent/legal guardian of youth ages 0 through 17-years-old hospitalized on a participating inpatient unit during the trial period * Identified as clinically inappropriate (e.g., due to medical acuity or imminent transfer) based on judgment of nursing staff * Primary language other than English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin/Chinese, Portuguese, and/or French * Has completed the trial surveys within the past 12 months

What they're measuring

Secure Storage

Timeframe: 2-4 week post-discharge, collected over 1 year of active implementation

Reach

Timeframe: Documented in EHR at point of intervention delivery over 1 year of active implementation

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07501247

SponsorUniversity of Pennsylvania

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-12

Contact for this trial

Katelin Hoskins, PhD

215-573-3051 hoskinsk@upenn.edu