firearm safety Archive — Page 1 of 1

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January 4, 2024

Study finds significant increased risk of future health issues for youth who suffer nonfatal firearm injuries

A Vanderbilt study found that youth who suffer nonfatal firearm injuries have a significantly increased risk of hospitalizations, emergency department visits, outpatient visits and costs in the 12 months following injury compared to youth without a firearm injury.

By Jessica Pasley
Firearm safety infographic from the Vanderbilt Child Health Policy, showing that 49% of Tennessee parents are firearm owners and listing survey percentages for secure storage, unloaded guns, locked vehicles, and accidental shootings involving children.
April 12, 2023

Poll finds most most Tennessee parents agree on evidence-based safe firearm storage

A new Vanderbilt poll finds that most Tennessee parents who own firearms agree with ways to safely store their firearms that have been shown through peer-reviewed research to reduce the risk of unintended harm to children.

By Jake Lowary
Infographic titled “Firearms & School Safety” from the Vanderbilt Tennessee Child Health Poll. It lists the percentages of Tennessee parents who believe schools are safer under 12 measures, ranging from 83.1% for having school resource officers to 35.9% for arming teachers, with a school hallway illustration in the background.
March 9, 2023

Majority of Tennessee parents agree on several school firearm safety measures: poll

A new Vanderbilt poll finds that a majority of Tennessee parents agree on several firearm-related school safety measures.

By Jake Lowary
August 19, 2021

Children, firearms mixing more during pandemic

Researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt discovered an alarming finding during the height of the pandemic — a marked increase in firearm encounters among children.

By Jessica Pasley