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Leveraging Firearms Retailers to Reduce Suicide Deaths Neil Carey, PhD and Henry Griffis, PhD August 2, 2017 Department of Defense/U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Suicide Prevention Conference, August 1-3, 2017, Denver, Colorado

Outline Background & Issues Approach Tasks Discussion

Background and Issues Background Reducing suicidal person’s access to lethal means can lower suicide deaths (Barber & Miller, 2015; Vriniotis et al., 2015) State of Colorado has shown interest in reducing firearms suicides Military has a unique culture regarding use of firearms Defense Suicide Prevention Office (DSPO) identified an opportunity Issues Design an experiment on effectiveness of educational materials and gun safety devices at firearms shops near Colorado Air Force bases -What stakeholders need to be consulted in designing a field experiment? What should be the design of an experiment on the provision of safety training and devices? What survey questions should be asked to assess whether the treatment had its intended effects? What publicly-available and other datasets could be used to assess effectiveness?

Approach Identify stakeholders Design experiment (next slide) Air Force Suicide Prevention Office Commands of Air Force bases in Colorado Colorado Suicide Prevention Efforts (e.g., Becker, 2016) Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) Design experiment (next slide) Non-equivalent control group design with pre-experiment and post-experiment measures

Two potential designs (nominal examples) 1 2 3 Control Safety Ed Materials Safety Ed Materials + Gun Locks B1 20 B2 B3 1 2 3 Control Buyer Screening Buyer Screening + Gun Locks B1 20 B2 B3

Possible measures Reasons for buying a firearm Knowledge and attitudes towards gun safety Perceptions of instructional materials and gun safety devices provided Impulsivity Hopelessness/locus of control Attitudes towards suicide prevention efforts Interviews with firearms shops owners concerning experiment

Tasks Establish stakeholder agreement on support of the experiment Develop the study design Develop surveys and decide on measures Identify information in databases and identify available data Pursue Air Force Survey approvals Document results, incorporate sponsor comments, disseminate Follow-on study Recruit firearms store owners to participate Recruit firearms buyers Collect data Analyze data Report results of experiment

Discussion What is the effectiveness of educational materials, buyer screening, and gun safety devices in reducing suicide deaths? From the buyer’s perspective From the firearms seller’s perspective What barriers exist to the effective use of educational materials, buyer screening, and gun safety devices? What do these results mean for future suicide prevention efforts?