Substance use and firearm access among college freshmen.
| Autor: | Rossheim ME; School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA., Khoshhal B; College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA., Karon S; Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA., Cheskin LJ; College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA., Trangenstein PJ; Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California, USA., Frankenfeld CL; Public Health Program, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, USA., Ramezani N; College of Engineering and Computing, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA., Cuellar AE; College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of American college health : J of ACH [J Am Coll Health] 2024 May-Jun; Vol. 72 (4), pp. 1001-1005. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 12. |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07448481.2022.2068959 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: Examine the proportion of students with rapid firearm access and associations with recent alcohol and marijuana use. Participants: Cross-sectional data from college freshmen ( n = 183) in 2020 who participated in the Mason: Health Starts Here study. Methods: Using logistic regression, associations were examined between past 30-day substance use and access to firearms within 15-min. Results: More than 10% of students could rapidly access a firearm, 53% of whom were current binge drinkers, compared to 13% of those who could not rapidly access firearms. Non-Hispanic White students (AOR = 4.1, 95%CI = 1.3,12.7) and past 30-day binge drinkers (AOR = 6.4, 95%CI = 2.1,19.7) had greater odds of having rapid firearm access. Age, sex, and past 30-day marijuana use were not associated with rapid access. Conclusions: A notable proportion of students had rapid firearm access, which was strongly associated with recent binge drinking. Campus prevention programs should consider how their alcohol and firearm policies could be enhanced to prevent violence/self-harm. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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