A recently signed federal executive order that aims to combat emerging firearm threats in the schools and to improve school-based active-shooter drills address the findings of a MyVoice study on the same topic.
Respondents in a nationwide sample of youth aged 14-24 reported that active shooter drills have a negative effect on their emotional health and are conflicted about their effectiveness.
The paper, “Active Shooter Drills in the United States: A National Study of Youth Experiences and Perceptions” was published in 2020 in the Journal of Adolescent Health and went on to be among the journal’s “Distinguished Dozen” papers that same year.
The study, which was based on information gathered through our text surveys, was authored by MyVoice alumni member N’dea Moore-Petinak, M. Sc., Ph.D., as well as MyVoice Manager Marika Waselewski, MPH, Blaire Alma Patterson MPH, and MyVoice Director Tammy Chang, MD, MPH, MS.
Read our paper here.
View the poster here.
Read about the executive order here.
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