Forbis Shalini G, McAllister Terence R, Monk Susan M, Schlorman Christopher A, Stolfi Adrienne, Pascoe John M
Department of Pediatrics, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45404, USA.
J Am Board Fam Med. 2007 Jul-Aug;20(4):385-91. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.060118.
To ascertain the prevalence of gun ownership, gun safety education, and parental attitudes on gun counseling in a Midwestern sample.
Parents seeking care at participating practices in the Southwestern Ohio Ambulatory Research Network were recruited to complete a survey about gun ownership, gun safety education, and gun counseling attitudes. Attitudes and beliefs were compared between gun owners and non-gun owners.
Twenty-four percent of respondents had at least 1 gun in the home. Military families were more likely to own a gun than civilian families (28% vs 18%, P = .001). Fifty-two percent of sample children have received gun safety education. Eight percent indicated that a physician had asked about guns or discussed gun safety issues during an office visit. A majority of parents indicated that physicians should ask about guns in the home (69%) and advise parents on safe storage (75%), but they should not advise parents to remove guns from the home (12% of gun owners, 42% of non-gun owners).
Despite the morbidity and mortality associated with guns, physicians in this study do not seem to be addressing this risk with families. A majority of gun owners do not agree that physicians should counsel the removal of guns from the home but agree that they should discuss safe gun storage information.
确定中西部一个样本中枪支拥有率、枪支安全教育情况以及家长对枪支咨询的态度。
招募在俄亥俄州西南部门诊研究网络参与机构寻求医疗服务的家长，让他们完成一项关于枪支拥有、枪支安全教育及枪支咨询态度的调查。对枪支拥有者和非枪支拥有者的态度及信念进行比较。
24%的受访者家中至少有一把枪。军人家庭比平民家庭更有可能拥有枪支（28%对18%，P = .001）。52%的样本儿童接受过枪支安全教育。8%的人表示医生在门诊时询问过枪支情况或讨论过枪支安全问题。大多数家长表示医生应该询问家中是否有枪（69%）并就安全存放向家长提供建议（75%），但医生不应建议家长将枪从家中拿走（12%的枪支拥有者，42%的非枪支拥有者）。
尽管枪支会带来发病和死亡风险，但本研究中的医生似乎并未与家庭讨论这一风险。大多数枪支拥有者不同意医生应建议将枪从家中拿走，但同意医生应讨论枪支安全存放信息。
