Student-Reported School Safety Perceptions, Connectedness, and Absenteeism Following a Multiple-Fatality School Shooting — Broward County, Florida, February 14–21, 2018
| Autor: | Kevin O’Connor, Catherine A. Lesesne, Lisa C. Barrios, Sebrina R. James, Kristin M. Holland, India D. Rose, Catherine N. Rasberry, Valerie Sims, Dominic J. Grasso, Thomas R. Simon, Ganna Sheremenko, Susan Hocevar Adkins |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Health (social science) Adolescent Epidemiology Social connectedness Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis education Poison control 01 natural sciences Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences Interpersonal relationship 0302 clinical medicine Health Information Management Surveys and Questionnaires Absenteeism Injury prevention Humans Mass Casualty Incidents Medicine Interpersonal Relations Full Report 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Child Gun Violence Students Schools Social perception business.industry 010102 general mathematics General Medicine Social Perception Florida Female Safety business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
| ISSN: | 1545-861X 0149-2195 |
| DOI: | 10.15585/mmwr.mm6909a3 |
| Popis: | From July 2009 to June 2018, the rates of multiple-victim, school-associated homicides in the United States fluctuated substantially, with evidence of a significant increase in recent years (1). Data on the effects of such incidents on students' school attendance and perceptions of safety and connectedness are limited (2,3) but important. This study used data from a neighboring within-district school before and after a multiple-fatality shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018. Self-administered questionnaires were completed by one group of students on February 14 just before the shooting (575) and another group during February 15-21 (502); demographics for these groups appeared similar. Linear and logistic regression analyses controlling for demographic characteristics explored differences between groups for safety-related perceptions or experiences, school connectedness, and absenteeism. Compared with students surveyed before the shooting, students surveyed in the days immediately following the shooting had lower odds of feeling safe at school, higher odds of absenteeism, and higher school connectedness scores. Findings suggest the shooting had an immediate, sizeable effect on safety perceptions and absenteeism among students in a neighboring school. Findings also suggest higher school connectedness following the shooting. Further study of school connectedness, including how to enhance and sustain it, might help schools and communities better respond to traumatic events in the community. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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