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Secondary objectives included assessing the relationship between parental perspectives on who provided this counseling and how this counseling was provided based on presence of a firearm in the home.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A prospective cross-sectional survey was implemented at a single institution\u2019s pediatric emergency department. Parents of children birth-18\u2009years of age were recruited between November 2020 through May 2022, in a private ED treatment room and the survey was administered using a handheld tablet. Excluded were parents of critically ill\/injured children (ESI level 1) or those presenting with a primary psychiatric complaint such as suicidal ideation. Chi-square analyses were performed to assess differences in recollection and perception of firearm counseling measures between caregivers who owned a firearm and those who did not.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 820 of 1,181 of eligible caregivers were recruited (response rate of eligible caregivers: 69.4%). 24.1% of respondents recall receiving counseling on firearm safety within the last two years. 56.1% responded affirmatively that pediatricians ought to counsel parents\/guardians on firearm safety. 17.4% reported having a firearm in their home, and these respondents were more likely to have received recent safety counseling. Police departments and pediatricians were the most trusted sources for information; with 58.3% and 55.5% of caregivers identifying them as a highly reputable source of such counseling respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Parents are receptive to firearm related counseling by pediatricians and may benefit from learning about the AAP guidelines for firearm and ammunition storage.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s40621-026-00711-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,28]],"date-time":"2026-09-28T08:06:42Z","timestamp":1790582802000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Caregivers\u2019 reported views on firearm counseling"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Rahul","family":"Shah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sharon","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohsin","family":"Mirza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sumeet","family":"Kadian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brendan T.","family":"Campbell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kevin","family":"Borrup","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J. 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