Target Safety: a Collaboration of Firearm Retailers and Health Care to Address Suicide Prevention

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Firearm Injury; Suicide Due to Use of Firearm

Treatments: Behavioral: Temporary out-of-home storage (TOHS) training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT07223970

HSC-MS-25-0401

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to understand how culturally competent messaging on secure firearm storage and temporary out-of-home storage (TOHS) is perceived and accepted by firearm owners.

Enrollment: 240 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Gun store owners, firearm range owners, and healthcare providers in the greater Houston area

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English or Spanish speakers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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240 participants in 1 patient group

Temporary out-of-home storage (TOHS) training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Temporary out-of-home storage (TOHS) training