Perceived neighborhood safety and firearm secure storage: findings from the 2024 behavioral risk factor surveillance system
Firearm injury prevention initiatives addressing storage practices should consider the role of community-level perceptions of safety through intervention-oriented and policy-relevant approaches, including via the integration of public health and violence prevention strategies.
Authors
- Alexander M. Testa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-9115)
- Daniel C. Semenza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-9559)
- S McKay
- Jason M. Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6541-0604)
- Kyle T. Ganson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-3716)
- Manzoor Ahmed
- Karyn Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9102-2390)
- Dylan B. Jackson
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Houston (US)
- Rice University (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-026-00657-6
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00