RecruitingBehavioural intervention
Project Safe Guard-Trauma
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if a counseling intervention, Project Safe Guard-Trauma (PSG-T), increases secure firearm storage practices in adults who screen positive for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The main questions this study aims to answer are:
* Does PSG-T lead to more secure firearm storage practices?
* Does PSG-T increase knowledge about the link between firearm storage practices and suicide risk?
* Does PSG-T increase intentions to store firearms securely?
Researchers will compare PSG-T to a control, Project Safe Guard (PSG), which is a counseling intervention that does not focus on the potential influence of PTSD symptoms on firearm storage practices. This will help to determine if PSG-T works better than PSG to increase secure firearm storage in adults with elevated PTSD symptoms.
Participants will:
* Complete a baseline survey
* Receive the counseling intervention
* Complete a survey immediately after the intervention and at 1-, 3-, and 6-months following the intervention