“Stop, don’t touch, run away!”: reconceptualizing firearm industry-funded youth education programs as corporate political activity
The delivery of the Eddie Eagle GunSafe<sup>®</sup> program needs critical scrutiny as is increasingly applied to other industry-funded initiatives. Policies based on a recognition that children and adolescents are safest when their homes and communities are free of firearms are needed. Findings from this analysis are relevant beyond the US and can be used to inform the governance of child safety and injury prevention globally. Analysis of the firearm industry extends the literature on the commercial determinants of health to an important new sector with significant impacts on global health.
Authors
- May CI van Schalkwyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2210-2289)
- Mark Petticrew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6378-5517)
- Nason Maani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-0688)
- Benjamin Hawkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-8046)
Institutions
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Globalization and Health
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-025-01106-7
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Health and Care Research Wales
- UK Research and Innovation
- Open Philanthropy Project
- Cancer Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- British Heart Foundation
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Public Health Agency
- Medical Research Council
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council