Dr. Sandy McKay has co-authored a paper with Amanda Koong, Mike Henson-Garcia, Lauren Malthaner, Katelyn Jetelina, Belinda Hernandez titled: Establishing Proof-of-Concept for the Feasibility and Implementation of a Point-of-Sale Firearm Safety Counseling Program: A Qualitative Case Study
Safe firearm storage is critical for injury prevention, yet there is limited evidence surrounding effective interventions to promote storage behaviors among owners. One potential avenue for intervention is at the point-of-sale, a concept well-proven in the nutrition promotion and tobacco cessation space. This study explored firearm retailer attitudes toward a firearm storage intervention delivered at the point of sale. Seventeen in-depth interviews were conducted with firearm retailers from a suburban gun shop in Fort Bend, USA. To read more, read on! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40126495/