U.S., June 25 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07033884) titled 'Reducing Firearm Suicide Among Veterans: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Peer-Delivered Lethal Means Counseling' on June 09.
Brief Summary: Suicide prevention is a top priority for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with a major emphasis on developing innovative and effective ways to prevent firearm suicide. Research suggests that secure firearm storage can decrease risk for suicide and the current project aims to evaluate a novel approach to increasing secure storage through an experimental design. The intervention takes one-hour or less and involves a peer-to-peer discussion about secure firearm storage, focusing on particip...