Prevalence and Correlates of Firearm Screening and Counseling in Primary Care in Southeast Michigan
Clinicians documented attempted firearm screening in nearly all health maintenance exams but seldom counseling, which varied across sites and was linked to patient sociodemographic characteristics and clinician specialty as opposed to high-risk clinical features such as psychiatric disorder. Findings suggest that training and quality improvement efforts are needed to ensure appropriate risk-based counseling.
Authors
- Caleb Arthur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5742-8137)
- Jennifer Stojan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-8014)
- Aaron Sifuentes
- Michelle Degli Esposti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-5754)
- Melissa Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-1584)
- Jennifer A. Meddings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9503-0293)
- Kayla Secrest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8749-6261)
- Joseph Benigno Ladines-Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2461-2752)
- Martin Hecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4959-5570)
- Autumn Pu
- Justin Litzner
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- Penn Center for AIDS Research (US)
- Northwestern Medicine (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJPM Focus
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100370
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00