School Handgun Carrying Among Youth Growing Up in Rural Communities.

Autor: Dalve K; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Electronic address: kdalve@uw.edu., Ellyson AM; Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington., Gause EL; Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Lyons VH; Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Schleimer JP; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Kuklinski MR; Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Oesterle S; Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona., Briney JS; Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Weybright EH; Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington., Rowhani-Rahbar A; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine [J Adolesc Health] 2023 Apr; Vol. 72 (4), pp. 636-639. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.10.033
Abstrakt: Purpose: To characterize school handgun carrying and violence risk factors among rural youth.
Methods: Using a sample of rural youth (n = 1995), we quantified the proportion who carried a handgun to school, carried but not to school, and did not carry across grades 7-12 and endorsed risk factors for violence in individual, peer, school, and community domains.
Results: Overall, 3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2%-4%) of youth ever carried to school; 15% (95% CI: 14%-16%) carried but not to school; and 82% (95% CI: 80%-84%) never carried. Violence risk factors (e.g., attacking someone) were more commonly endorsed by youth who carried to school (84%; 95% CI: 73%-95%) than those who carried but not to school (51%; 95% CI: 44%-58%) and did not carry (23%; 95% CI: 20%-26%).
Discussion: Carrying a handgun to school in rural areas is not common; however, it is associated with risk factors for violence. Understanding violence risk factors among youth who carry handguns to school could inform violence prevention programs in rural areas.
(Copyright © 2022 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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