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Conversations between clinicians and their patients about firearms could save lives

Last updated: September 12, 2024 2:17 pm
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Health care providers play a crucial role in preventing firearm-related injuries and deaths by counseling their patients about firearm safety and prevention. A recent report from the University of Michigan emphasizes the importance of including firearm safety counseling as a regular part of patient care to reduce the risk of suicides, violent injuries, and unintentional injuries caused by firearms.

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the article titled “Clinical Approaches to the Prevention of Firearm-Related Injury” offers evidence-based strategies for doctors and clinicians to engage with their patients on firearm safety. These strategies include screening for firearm availability and access, counseling on gun safety and secure storage, and tailored interventions for preventing firearm-related suicide, intimate partner violence, community violence, and older adult firearm injury.

Co-author Patrick Carter, a professor of emergency medicine at the Medical School and co-director of the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, highlights the unique opportunity clinicians have to engage with patients on firearm safety and prevent injuries. Research shows that patients are receptive to these discussions and that they can make a significant difference in the decisions patients make regarding firearm safety in their homes.

The guidance provided in the article also includes resources such as sample clinical screening questions, step-by-step guidance on having evidence-based conversations about firearm safety, and an overview of firearm storage methods. It emphasizes the importance of nonjudgmental, patient-centered counseling that respects patients’ rights and motivations for firearm ownership.

In addition to strategies for clinicians, the article outlines steps for health care leaders to support the implementation of evidence-based counseling programs and enhance clinician education on firearm injury prevention. The researchers hope that this resource will help clinicians and hospital systems reduce firearm injury risk in their patient populations and communities.

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Despite past funding limitations, there is now a base of scientific evidence supporting effective clinical practices to reduce firearm injuries. It is essential for health care systems to provide clinicians with the necessary time, training, and resources to integrate evidence-based strategies for reducing firearm injuries into their practice.

The report from the University of Michigan serves as a valuable resource for clinicians and health care systems looking to make a positive impact on reducing firearm injury risk. By engaging in conversations about firearm safety and prevention, health care providers can play a vital role in saving lives and preventing firearm-related injuries.

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