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Journal of Community Health
Published in: Journal of Community Health 6/2017

01-12-2017 | Original Paper

Parents’ Expectations of High Schools in Firearm Violence Prevention

Authors: Erica Payton, Jagdish Khubchandani, Amy Thompson, James H. Price

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 6/2017

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Abstract

Firearm violence remains a significant problem in the US (with 2787 adolescents killed in 2015). However, the research on school firearm violence prevention practices and policies is scant. Parents are major stakeholders in relation to firearm violence by youths and school safety in general. The purpose of this study was to examine what parents thought schools should be doing to reduce the risk of firearm violence in schools. A valid and reliable questionnaire was mailed to a national random sample of 600 parents who had at least one child enrolled in a public secondary school (response rate = 47%). Parents perceived inadequate parental monitoring/rearing practices (73%), peer harassment and/or bullying (58%), inadequate mental health care services for youth (54%), and easy access to guns (51%) as major causes of firearm violence in schools. The school policies perceived to be most effective in reducing firearm violence were installing an alert system in schools (70%), working with law enforcement to design an emergency response plan (70%), creating a comprehensive security plan (68%), requiring criminal background checks for all school personnel prior to hiring (67%), and implementing an anonymous system for students to report peer concerns regarding potential violence (67%). Parents seem to have a limited grasp of potentially effective interventions to reduce firearm violence.
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Metadata
Title
Parents’ Expectations of High Schools in Firearm Violence Prevention
Authors
Erica Payton
Jagdish Khubchandani
Amy Thompson
James H. Price
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Community Health / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-017-0360-5

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