Screening for Firearm Violence Exposure in Adolescents and Young Adults

This was among the first studies attempting to assess the viability of screening for firearm violence and other associated risk factors in a nonurban PC setting. Our findings suggest that adolescent and young adult PC patients are willing to disclose in a survey topics related to violence and firearms with their PCC. If validated in the PC setting, the SaFETy score could become a crucial tool for PCCs given the ease with which it can be implemented into a routine visit and the nonthreatening, and nonconfrontational question design. Tools such as the SaFETy score can provide PCPs with vital insight into their patients' past gun violence exposures and future violence risks.