Article Critique Question and Answer - Parents' Perceptions of High Schools in Firearm Violence Prev

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HEED 372 – Safety Education and First Aid Article Review – Questions and Answers This review will help in understanding the main issues, by focusing on the relevant information, in research articles. Read this article – Parents’ Perceptions of High Schools in Firearm Violence Prevention” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10900-017-0360-5 ” and answer the following questions: 1. List all the authors (4pts.) a. Erica Payton b. Jagdish Khubchandani c. Amy Thompson d. James H. Price 2. In what journal was the article published? (2pts.) a. Journal of Community health 3. What is the date of publication? (2pts. a. May 19, 2017 4. What is/are the purpose(s) or aim(s) of the study? (3pts.) a. The purpose of this study was to examine what parents thought schools should be doing to reduce the risk of firearm violence in schools. 5. Which specific questions did the authors ask or use to answer or address their purpose? (4pts.) a. do parents support school personnel carrying concealed firearms at school? b. What do parents perceive to be the causes of firearm violence in high schools? c. What interventions/practices do parents think would be effective at helping schools reduce firearm violence? d. How susceptible do parents believe their child’s high school is to having a firearm incident in the next 3 years? 6. How did the authors operationalize or define “having a firearm incident” in this study? (2pts.) a. Having a firearm incident was defined as a student had a gun on them at school, a gun was found in a locker, or any school gun event with or without an actual shooting.
7. Identify the three (3) wave-approach the authors used to maximize the response rate. (3pts.) a. First, a cover letter introducing the survey, a $1 cash incentive, a copy of the survey, and postage paid return envelope b. second mailing, excluding the incentive, was mailed to the non-respondents c. a third mailing similar to the second mailing was sent to all non-respondent 8. How many questionnaires were finally used in the data analysis? (2pts.) a. 257 9. True/False, according to the authors: a. _F_ Majority of the responding parents had guns at home (2pt.s) b. _T_ More parents believe that firearm incident was less likely to happen in their school. (2pts.) c. _T_ According to the article, majority of firearm homicides and suicides of students occur outside of schools (2pts.) 10. What issues did the responding parents perceive were very important causes of school firearm violence? (4pts.) a. inadequate parental monitoring/rearing priorities b. peer harassment and/or bullying c. inadequate mental health care services for youth d. easy access to firearms e. gang activity 11. What is the difference between school principals and parents with regards to susceptibility to firearm violence in their schools within the next 3 years? (2pts.) a. This difference in perceptions of susceptibility was that the principals were more than twice as likely as parents to report a firearm incident in their schools. 12. Identify three (3) suggestions the authors stated that would have made their study better (otherwise known as limitations), that future studies need to examine. (3pts.) a. The response rate being 47%, which limited the validity of the study b. The questionnaire being monothematic. c. The perceptions of the parents were collected through self-report (questionnaires
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