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Date of Graduation

5-2025

Description

Although often underrepresented in public discussions of gun violence in the United States, unintentional pediatric shootings contributed to the ongoing gun violence endemic. These shootings routinely share characteristics which make them an ideal target for public health and injury prevention efforts. As individual's often learn about unintentional pediatric shootings and form opinions based on media reports of these incidents, it is crucial that we explore how the mainstream media is framing these events and what must be changed in order to better support prevention efforts. This project examines safe firearm storage patterns and attitudes within the U.S. and mainstream media framing of unintentional pediatric firearm deaths to create documents that offer solutions to problems described throughout this paper.

Publication Date

2025

Document Type

Poster

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Public Health

Degree Level

Undergraduate

Department

Health, Human Performance and Recreation

Advisor/Mentor

Hammig, Bart

Committee Member

Corrigan, Lisa

Disciplines

Mass Communication | Public Health | Public Health Education and Promotion

Keywords

Research-Based

“Promoting Safe Firearm Storage Through Media-Based Interventions”

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