Store Safely: Rural Firearm Injury Prevention for Families
3 other identifiers
interventional
600
1 country
2
Brief Summary
The researchers are testing a firearm safety prevention strategy tailored for families with children who reside in a rural area. Researchers hypothesize that the intervention will lead to improvements in household firearm storage.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Aug 2025
2 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 3, 2024
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 6, 2024
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 11, 2025
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 2027
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 1, 2027
January 23, 2026
August 1, 2025
1.7 years
December 3, 2024
January 21, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Number of firearms stored locked
Measured using a self-report item from the Family Firearm Storage Behaviors Survey (Ewell Foster et al., 2024) administered at 3 months. May range from 1-40 based on pilot data
Approximately 3 months
Parent Engagement in Harm Reduction Firearm Storage Behaviors Score
Measured using the Family Firearm Storage Behaviors Survey (Ewell Foster et al., 2024) administered at 3 months. The survey is 14 items, endorsed as Y/N. Score range is 0-14.
Approximately 3 months
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Parent Self-Efficacy for Firearm Safety Questionnaire
Baseline, Immediate/2-Week
Number of firearms unloaded
Approximately 3 months
Number of firearms unlocked and loaded
Approximately 3 months
Study Arms (2)
Store Safely
EXPERIMENTALThe Store Safely arm (consisting of a community sample) will receive the Store Safely intervention, usual community-based care, and 988 suicide and crisis lifeline number and a publicly available safe storage information resource numbers.
Waitlist control
NO INTERVENTIONThe waitlist control group (consisting of a community sample) will not receive the intervention during the clinical trial but will be offered 988 suicide and crisis lifeline number and a publicly available safe storage information resource numbers. Following the clinical trial they will have access to the Store Safely intervention.
Interventions
The Store Safely intervention occurs online and is self-administered. Once directed to the Store Safely website, participants are welcomed and instructed to complete each step of the online program. Upon clicking "Start," participants are taken to Step 1 of the intervention and instructed to review a brief video. Step 2 involves a review of a data infographics. Participants are then directed to the Decision Aid in Step 3. In Step 4, participants are instructed to complete the Family Firearm Storage Action Plan. In Step 5, participants will review another brief video. There will also be an optional step, consisting of a resource page that details local options for obtaining safe storage devices. At the end of each step, participants mark a checkbox to indicate they have completed the intervention activity which facilitates website analytics of participant engagement. Lastly, participants are thanked and provided with details about the final steps of the trial.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
- English-speaking
- Have a child under 18 living at home
- Own at least one firearm
- Reside in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP)
- Access to a computer/mobile device and wifi
- Have sufficient information about household storage to complete surveys
You may not qualify if:
- Unable to be consented in English
- Lack of firearm in the home
- No child in the home
- Residence outside the UP
- No access to technology
- Previously enrolled in 2020 pilot project
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Michiganlead
- Centers for Disease Control and Preventioncollaborator
- Marquette County Health Departmentcollaborator
Study Sites (2)
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
Marquette County Health Department
Negaunee, Michigan, 49866, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Cynthia Ewell Foster, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 3, 2024
First Posted
December 6, 2024
Study Start
August 11, 2025
Primary Completion (Estimated)
May 1, 2027
Study Completion (Estimated)
May 1, 2027
Last Updated
January 23, 2026
Record last verified: 2025-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
- Time Frame
- After the study is completed and available according to Firearm Injury Prevention Data Repository policy.
- Access Criteria
- Researchers can request data from the study contacts listed in the study.
After the study is complete and data has been cleaned and de-identified, the archived data will be transmitted to and securely stored at the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention Data Repository, for use by other researchers including those outside of the study.