Can training hospital staff on gun safety prevent child shootings?

NCT ID NCT06123611

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION Prevention Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a program called ACTFAST that trains doctors and nurses at three children's trauma centers to talk with families about safe firearm storage. The goal is to help prevent gun injuries in kids. Researchers will survey parents, teens, and clinicians to see if the training changes knowledge and behaviors.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: behavioral intervention: firearm safety counseling and training for clinicians
What this could lead to: If successful, this could establish a standard way for trauma centers to routinely counsel families on safe firearm storage, potentially reducing firearm injuries and deaths in children.
What could go wrong: This is an early implementation study with no control group, so it may not prove that the training directly reduces injuries. Results depend on staff participation and may not apply to all hospitals.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

injury prevention target

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

FIREARM INJURY SAFETY ISSUES

Contacts and locations

Locations

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

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