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Sara Brandspigel

Colorado School of Public Health
Verified email at cuanschutz.edu
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[HTML][HTML] Lethal means counseling for parents of youth seeking emergency care for suicidality

CW Runyan, A Becker, S Brandspigel… - Western Journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods In this quality improvement project drawing on the Counseling on Access to Lethal
Means (CALM) model, we trained 16 psychiatric emergency clinicians to provide lethal …

Changes in firearm and medication storage practices in homes of youths at risk for suicide: results of the SAFETY study, a clustered, emergency department–based …

M Miller, C Salhi, C Barber, D Azrael, E Beatriz… - Annals of emergency …, 2020 - Elsevier
Study objective We evaluate whether a counseling intervention implemented at the hospital
level resulted in safer firearm and medication storage by caregivers of youths aged 10 to 17 …

'Gun shop projects' for suicide prevention in the USA: current state and future directions

E Polzer, S Brandspigel, T Kelly… - Injury …, 2021 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Objectives To describe community-driven suicide prevention partnerships between firearm
retailers and public health officials ('gun shop projects'), including common elements and …

Temporary transfer of firearms from the home to prevent suicide: legal obstacles and recommendations

AD McCourt, JS Vernick, ME Betz… - JAMA internal …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
The presence of firearms in the home increases the risk of suicide for residents. As a result,
clinicians and professional organizations recommend counseling about temporary removal …

Voluntary, temporary, out‐of‐home firearm storage: A qualitative study of stakeholder views

ME Betz, LA Rooney, LM Barnard… - Suicide and Life …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Reducing firearm access during times of risk is a key component of suicide
prevention, including the person at risk voluntarily, temporarily storing firearms outside the …

Firearm storage maps: a pragmatic approach to reduce firearm suicide during times of risk

T Kelly, S Brandspigel, E Polzer… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Firearm Storage Maps: A Pragmatic Approach to Reduce Firearm Suicide During Times of Risk
| Annals of Internal Medicine Advertisement ACP Online Annals of Internal Medicine Annals of …

Law enforcement and gun retailers as partners for safely storing guns to prevent suicide: a study in 8 Mountain West states

CW Runyan, A Brooks-Russell… - … journal of public …, 2017 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To examine the extent to which law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and gun
retailers are willing to offer voluntary, temporary storage as a part of an overall suicide …

Hospital emergency department lethal means counseling for suicidal patients

CW Runyan, A Brooks-Russell, G Tung… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Lethal means counseling of suicidal individuals in emergency departments has
the potential to reduce suicide. This study examines the provision of lethal means …

Counseling suicidal patients about access to lethal means: attitudes of emergency nurse leaders

ME Betz, A Brooks-Russell, S Brandspigel… - Journal of Emergency …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction For ED patients at risk of suicide, counseling to reduce access to lethal means
(including firearms) is recommended yet not routine. To enhance practice uptake, we sought …

Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: a survey of firearm retailers and ranges in two states

LM Barnard, RL Johnson, S Brandspigel, LA Rooney… - Preventive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Out-of-home storage of personal firearms is one recommended option for individuals at risk
of suicide, and statewide online maps of storage locations have been created in multiple …