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Means Matter

The mission of the Means Matter Campaign is to increase the proportion of suicide prevention groups who promote activities that reduce a suicidal person’s access to lethal means of suicide and who develop active partnerships with gun owner groups to prevent suicide.

Phone 617-432-1143
Location

677 Huntington Ave
Kresge 316
Boston, MA 02115

Youth Access Bibliography

Baxley F, Miller M. Parental misperceptions about children and firearms. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160(5):542-7.

Grossman DC, Mueller BA, Riedy D, Dowd DM, Villaveces A, Prodzinski J, et. al. Gun storage practices and risk of youth suicide and unintentional firearm injuries. JAMA; 2005;293(6):707-714. http://library.sprc.org/getitem.php?id=118870&res=url.

Grossman DC, Reay DT, Baker SA. Self-inflicted and unintentional firearm injuries among children and adolescents: the source of the firearm. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999 Aug;153(8):875-8.

Barber C, Azrael D, Miller M, Hemenway D. Who owned the gun in firearm suicides of men, women, and youth in five US states?. Prev Med. 2022;164:107066. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107066