About Stop 2

Everyday in the United States, 80 people die in shootings associated with "suicide, homicide, and unintentional injuries." Ten of those who die are children. The epidemic of firearm violence affects us all. Health care providers are natural messengers of safety/health information and have the daily opportunity to speak to patients/clients and their families about guns they are likely to come in contact with in their own homes or in the homes of relatives or friends they visit.

Steps To Prevent Firearm Injury In The Home (STOP 2), launched by the Center in 1998, is a counseling tool that prepares health care providers across a wide range of disciplines (nurses, social workers, psychologists, health educators, counselors, etc.) to talk with patients/clients and their families about the dangers of keeping a gun in the home. The key concept is to assist the user in incorporating gun violence prevention in their routine injury prevention counseling.

Assisting the Brady Center in developing these materials was a technical advisory committee representing the following organizations:

American Academy of Family Physicians
American Medical Student Association/Foundation
Association of Black Psychologists
Indian Health Service
The Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP) Network
National Association of Black Social Workers
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations
Organization of Chinese Americans
University of Maryland School of Nursing

The program is delivered in the form of a kit that contains information about toddlers, children, preteens, adults, and senior citizens - the entire family. STOP 2 also contains information about minority/diverse populations.

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STOP 2/ALTO 2 Latino/Hispanic Outreach

In 2004, the Brady Center developed materials for dissemination to Hispanic/Latino communities across the country that contain information about the current threat of gun violence to this affected community as well as ways to prevent gun violence in the home and in the community. These two-color materials include a tri-fold brochure and a poster, which are free of charge, including shipping and handling. Click here to order.

Assisting the Brady Center in developing these Hispanic/Latino outreach materials was a technical advisory committee made up of representatives from the following organizations: La asistencia al Centro Brady en el desarrollo de materials para la campana ALTO 2 del 2004 estuvo asesorada por un comite tecnico de las siguientes asosiaciones:

ASPIRA, Association, Inc.
Council of Latino Agencies
Condejo de Agencias Latinas
National Association of Bilingual Education
Asociation Nacional de Educacion Bilingue
National Association of Puerto Rican/Hispanic Social Workers
Asociacion Nacional de Trabajadores Sociales Puertorriquenos/Hispanos
National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Centro Nacional de Competencia Cultural, Centro del Desarrollo Infantil y Humano de la Universidad de Georgetown

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STOP 2 Web Activities:

• A Day in the Neighborhood: A Gun Violence Prevention Game

  Check out the launch of the new children and teens interactive gun prevention game! The STOP 2 program provides this virtual game that teaches and reinforces simple steps and skills to implement if children and/or teens find themselves in a situation involving a gun.

  The user learns to make safe, smart, healthy, life-saving decisions through five potential scenarios involving guns. The player is rewarded for making the right decisions by earning arcade tokens to play later in up to five mini-games at the arcade. The game changes each time it is played depending on the dialogue choices made by the player.

  Be sure to read the parent and teacher prologue to assist you in using the game as educational tool for single or group players.

  Sorry, the CD is currently out of stock.

• Clarence's Adventure

  Get Clarence through five scenarios to return home safely. Children participate in this interactive game to reach the end of the game by making safe decisions. Click here to play.

For more information, or to receive your free STOP 2 Kit for health care providers, call: 202-289-5777.

Click here if you'd like to order STOP 2 Family Education Brochures and Posters.

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