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Randomized clinical trial improved firearms safety knowledge and intentions in youths, highlighting potential to reduce injury risks.
This randomized trial evaluated ShootSafe, a theory-based website using a graphic novel storyline, educational and testimonial videos, and games, to teach firearms safety to children aged 10 to 12 years. A total of 163 youths participated. Linear mixed models found that youths randomized to ShootSafe demonstrated greater knowledge, safer behavioral intentions, and safer simulated hunting behaviors following training and at four-month follow-up compared with the control condition. Broad dissemination could reduce risk of unintentional pediatric firearms injury and death. Trial Registration. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT4622943. ( Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 18, 2025:e1–e7. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308267 )
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