What this study is
The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of a comprehensive a universal firearm injury prevention program, ACTFAST (Adopting Comprehensive Training for FireArm Safety in Trauma centers), in level 1 trauma centers. The main aims of the study are:
1. (Primary Aim 1) Increase the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of a universal firearm injury prevention intervention at three participating trauma centers in the mid-Atlantic states; 2. (Primary Aim 2) Assess firearm injury prevention knowledge, attitudes, and safe storage practices among trauma patients treated within participating trauma centers.
What's being tested
- Adopting Comprehensive Training for FireArm Safety in Trauma Centers
Intervention · BEHAVIORAL
Firearm access screening, brief firearm safe storage intervention, and referral to community and preventive health resources
Study details
- Official title
- ACTFAST: Urban and Rural Trauma Centers RE-AIM at Firearm Injury Prevention
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Conditions
- Firearm Injury · Safety Issues
- Enrolling
- 1,776 people
- Starts
- 2024-10-30
- Est. completion
- 2028-04-30
- Design
- Open-label, non-randomized, sequential groups
- Record
- View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
Who can join
Age 18 Years and overSex ALLHealthy volunteers AcceptedYou may qualify if
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Participants:
- Trauma patients admitted to adult trauma inpatient services at participating institutions
- At least 18 years of age;
- Admitted to a participating trauma service for an injury;
- Fluent in English or Spanish;
- Able to provide informed consent.
- Trauma service physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, nurse or social worker at participating pediatric trauma center
You can't join if
- None Patient participants
- Prisoner or in police custody;
- Admitted due to suicide attempt
- Any acute conditions that would preclude provision of informed consent or assent (i.e., acute psychosis, altered mental status, cognitive impairment). Staff participants
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Study locations (2)
2 openJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Study team
Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Study ID IRB00433605
Principal investigator
Katherine Hoops, MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins University
Frequently asked questions
The sponsor hasn't published answers to common questions for this trial.