Store Safely: Rural Firearm Injury Prevention for Families

This study is testing an online program called "Store Safely" to help families with children in Michigan's Upper Peninsula store firearms more safely. Researchers believe this program will improve how firearms are stored in homes. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older, speak English, have a child under 18 living at home, own at least one firearm, live in Michigan's U.P., and have internet access. The study will look at how many firearms are stored locked and how engaged parents are in safe storage practices after about 3 months. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an interventional study planning to enroll 600 participants. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
What's involved
Participants will complete an online program called "Store Safely" and review its steps. They will also need to complete surveys about household firearm storage.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Researchers will measure outcomes approximately 3 months after you start the program.

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NCT06719713

Store Safely: Rural Firearm Injury Prevention for Families

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalPrevention
University of Michigan
~600 participants
Updated 2026-05-14 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Store Safely

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Number of firearms stored locked
Measured over Approximately 3 months
+1 more outcome measured
Firearm Injury

NCT06719713

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Marquette County Health Department

    Negaunee, Michiganstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michiganstudy coordinator listed

    Not yet recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Cynthia Ewell Foster, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Michigan

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
Age 18 or older
English-speaking
Have a child under 18 living at home
Currently keep at least one firearm on their property
Reside in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (U.P.)
Access to a computer/mobile device and wifi
Have sufficient information about household storage to complete surveys

Exclusion

Unable to be consented in English
Under the age of 18
Lack of firearm on their property
No child in the home
Residence outside the U.P.
No access to technology
Previously enrolled in 2020 pilot project
Previously access the Store Safely website
  • Number of firearms stored lockedApproximately 3 months

    Measured using a self-report item from the Family Firearm Storage Behaviors Survey (Ewell Foster et al., 2024) administered at 3 months. May range from 1-40 based on pilot data

  • Parent Engagement in Harm Reduction Firearm Storage Behaviors ScoreApproximately 3 months

    Measured using the Family Firearm Storage Behaviors Survey (Ewell Foster et al., 2024) administered at 3 months. The survey is 14 items, endorsed as Y/N. Score range is 0-14.