Research
Current funding:
Safe States Alliance Partnership in Action Seed Grant 2022-current
Abstracts (partial):
McKay, Sandra; Henson-Garcia, Mike. Describing the Firearm Safety Efforts of Gun Shops across Texas. Oral Presentation. Safe States Alliance National Conference. Presented August 30, 2022.
Brownson, Karyn, Sakamoto, Isabell, McKay, Sandra. Unlikely Collaborations: Navigating Nontraditional Partnerships in Firearm Safety. Oral Presentation. Safe States Alliance National Conference. Presented August 31, 2022
Murphy, Liam, McKay, Sandra, Gavvala, Sheela, Hafeez, Zoabe. Firearm Safe Storage Counseling at the Well Child Visit: Parental Perceptions and Preferences. Poster Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies. Presented April 24, 2022.
McKay, Sandra, Murphy, Liam, Hafeez, Zoabe, Gavvala, Sheela. Community Firearm Violence and Storage: How Parental Perceptions Compare with Reality. Poster Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies. Presented April 23, 2022.
Korattiyil, Manju, Abbe, Marissa, Eaton, Deja, Kelly, Nancy, McKay, Sandra. Firearm Safety Counseling: A Comparison between a Virtual Educational Platform Versus an In-Person Workshop. Poster Presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies. Presented April 24, 2022.
Naik-Mathuria B, McKay S. Pediatric Firearm Injury Advocacy. Current Trauma Reports. Accepted for publication. August 2022. CTRS-D-22-00016
Publications (selected):
McKay S, Bagg M, Tallackson Z, Donthula D, Russell B, Sha N, Petronzio A, Henson-Garcia M. Temporary Firearm Storage and Firearm Safety Counseling at Gun Retailers and Ranges in the Greater Houston Area: A Potential New Partner in Addressing Child and Youth Firearm Injury? Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk: July 2022. Vol 12: Iss 2, Article 6. https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/childrenatrisk/vol12/iss2/6
McKay S, Bagg M, Patnaif A, Topolski N, Ibraheim M, Zhao N, Aitken M. Addressing firearm safety counseling: Integration of a multimodality workshop on firearm safety counseling in a pediatric residency program. Journal of Graduate Medical Education: October 2020, Vol 12, NO 5, pp 591-597 https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-19-00947.1