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American Journal of Public Health, Vol 90, Issue 10 1626-1628, Copyright © 2000 by American Public Health Association

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Physician firearm ownership as a predictor of firearm injury prevention practice

EC Becher, CK Cassel and EA Nelson
Department of Health Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. elise.becher@mssm.edu

OBJECTIVES: This study explored the relation between physicians' gun ownership and their attitudes and practices regarding firearm injury prevention. METHODS: Internists and surgeons were surveyed, and logistic regression models were developed with physicians' personal involvement with firearms (in the form of a gun score) as the primary independent variable. RESULTS: Higher gun scores were associated with less agreement that firearm injury is a public health issue and that physicians should be involved in firearm injury prevention but with a greater likelihood of reporting the inclusion of firearm ownership and storage as part of patient safety counseling. CONCLUSIONS: Despite being less likely to say that doctors should participate in firearm injury prevention, physician gun owners are more likely than nonowners to report counseling patients about firearm safety.


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