N/A
N=58
Family Safety Net - Aim 3: Randomized Control Trial
Suicide · Accidental Injuries · Firearm Injury
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05657119 ↗Enrolled (actual)
58
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
May 2026
Primary outcome: Primary: Feasibility of the Intervention — 18; 40 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- MI FSN - Lethal Means Reduction (Behavioral); Scripted FSN - Lethal Means Reduction (Behavioral); General Firearm Safety Intervention - General Firearm Safety (Behavioral); General Firearm Comparison - General Firearm Safety (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Primary completion
- Jun 2024
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Feasibility of the Intervention |
18; 40 | — |
| PRIMARY Participant Agreement With the Statement: "I am Glad I Participated in the Family Safety Net" |
9.1; 9.88; 9.63; 9.95 | — |
| PRIMARY Participant Agreement With the Statement: "I Would Recommend the Family Safety Net" |
8.9; 9.63; 9.63; 9.9 | — |
| SECONDARY Household Firearm Storage |
3.46; 3.96; 3.45; 3.74 | — |
Summary
Our parallel group clinical trial of the Family Safety Net (FSN) intervention addresses two main questions:
* Is the Family Safety Net (FSN) intervention feasible and acceptable in two formats: motivational interviewing (FSN MI) counseling session and scripted psychoeducational session (FSN Scripted), with a primarily Alaska Native population in Northwest Alaska?
* Secondarily, are there signals of efficacy at improving home safety (firearms unloaded, locked with ammunition separate) and dangerous medication locked?
All participants will complete a baseline survey with firearm storage questions as well as 3 questions about mental health concerns in their family (e.g. 'Are you worried that someone in your home is at risk of suicide?').
* If participants answer "yes" to any of the following family-focused mental health questions, they will be randomly assigned to one of the two FSN intervention groups (1 and 2 below): 1. In the past two months, has anyone in your household been going through a rough time? 2. In the past two months, has someone in your home seemed down, sad, or depressed? 3. Are you worried that someone in your home is at risk of suicide?
* If they do not endorse any of the three family-focused mental health questions, they will be randomly assigned to one of two general firearm safety conditions (3 and 4 below).
1. FSN MI group will participate in a 15-20-minute motivational interviewing (MI) session conducted by trained research staff focused on suicide lethal means reduction.
2. FSN Scripted group will participate in a 10-minute scripted session focused on suicide lethal means reduction.
Both FSN groups (1 and 2):
* Can take home trigger locks, cable locks, ammo boxes, medication boxes and mental health resources
* Receive 4 weeks of tailored text message reminders and encouragement.
* Complete 1-month follow-up survey consisting of items related to firearm storage, and facilitating factors hypothesized to contribute to this behavior.
* Participants in both FSN conditions will be invited to participate in a semi-structured interview at follow-up focused on satisfaction and perceptions of the program.
3 General gun safety intervention group will participate in a 10-minute scripted conversation about safe gun storage practice, and:
* Can take home trigger locks, cable locks, and ammo boxes.
* Receive 4 weeks of tailored text message reminders and encouragement.
* Complete 1-month follow-up survey consisting of items related to firearm storage, and facilitating factors hypothesized to contribute to this behavior.
4. General gun safety comparison group:
* Can take home trigger locks, cable locks, and ammo boxes.
* Complete 1-month follow-up survey.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Adults (over 18) who:
- lives in the region,
- Read and Understand English,
- Live in a household with at least one gun,
- Have a phone that can receive texts,
- Lives in a household where young people (under 29) spend time
Exclusion Criteria
- Someone else in the household has already participated in the study
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05657119). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.