Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States
Public policy debate about guns continues in the United States, with many professional organizations taking strong stands in policy statements. Moreover, many clinical organizations have provided recommendations for practitioners to use with clients to encourage gun safety in the home, particularly...
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Indiana University School of Social Work
2019-01-01
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| description | Public policy debate about guns continues in the United States, with many professional organizations taking strong stands in policy statements. Moreover, many clinical organizations have provided recommendations for practitioners to use with clients to encourage gun safety in the home, particularly for vulnerable populations such as families with young children and those at risk of suicide. Social workers are in an excellent position to encourage gun safety with some of the most at-risk populations; however, clinical guidelines and research on preventing gun violence has lagged in social work compared to other disciplines. In this article we examine the importance of gun safety for social work clients (with special attention to families with children, families experiencing violence, and individuals at risk of suicide), consider the recommendations made by other professional organizations, and provide some initial thoughts about how social workers might engage with the families they serve to reduce the incidence of gun violence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ae08f77c41641568c013bd1494a70002022-12-21T17:50:27ZengIndiana University School of Social WorkAdvances in Social Work1527-85652331-41252019-01-011841165118610.18060/2162021620Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United StatesPatricia Logan-Greene0Michelle SperlichAdair FinucaneUniversity at Buffalo School of Social WorkPublic policy debate about guns continues in the United States, with many professional organizations taking strong stands in policy statements. Moreover, many clinical organizations have provided recommendations for practitioners to use with clients to encourage gun safety in the home, particularly for vulnerable populations such as families with young children and those at risk of suicide. Social workers are in an excellent position to encourage gun safety with some of the most at-risk populations; however, clinical guidelines and research on preventing gun violence has lagged in social work compared to other disciplines. In this article we examine the importance of gun safety for social work clients (with special attention to families with children, families experiencing violence, and individuals at risk of suicide), consider the recommendations made by other professional organizations, and provide some initial thoughts about how social workers might engage with the families they serve to reduce the incidence of gun violence.http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/21620Gunsfirearmssuicidesocial workGun safetyviolence prevention |
| spellingShingle | Patricia Logan-Greene Michelle Sperlich Adair Finucane Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States Advances in Social Work Guns firearms suicide social work Gun safety violence prevention |
| title | Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States |
| title_full | Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States |
| title_short | Social Work Practice and Gun Safety in the United States |
| title_sort | social work practice and gun safety in the united states |
| topic | Guns firearms suicide social work Gun safety violence prevention |
| url | http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/21620 |
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