School Handgun Carrying Among Youth Growing Up in Rural Communities.
Firearms
Handgun carrying
Rural population
School
Violence prevention
Journal
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
ISSN: 1879-1972
Titre abrégé: J Adolesc Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9102136
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2023
04 2023
Historique:
received:
02
06
2022
revised:
20
10
2022
accepted:
24
10
2022
pubmed:
18
12
2022
medline:
22
3
2023
entrez:
17
12
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To characterize school handgun carrying and violence risk factors among rural youth. 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. 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%). 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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36528518
pii: S1054-139X(22)00774-1
doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.10.033
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
636-639Subventions
Organisme : NCIPC CDC HHS
ID : R01 CE003299
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.