青少年枪支伤害的增加与COVID-19期间学校关闭有关
John N Bliton1, Jonathan Paul2, Alexis D Smith3
1Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, USA.
Injury
|June 9, 2023
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间学校关闭与青少年枪支伤害 (AFI) 的增加有关. 关闭的每一天都与更多的受伤相关,突出了政策对青少年安全的影响.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
背景情况:
- 诸如学校关闭之类的COVID-19大流行缓解措施产生了未知的负面影响.
- 青少年特别容易受到政策变化的影响,影响他们获得基于学校的支持.
- 这项研究调查了疫情期间学校关闭和青少年枪支伤害 (AFI) 之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 统计分析学校关闭与青少年枪支伤害之间的关系.
- 确定学校关闭是否有助于在COVID-19大流行期间青少年暴力增加.
主要方法:
- 来自亚特兰大4个创伤中心 (成人和儿科) 的数据分析了2016-2021年青少年 (11-21岁) 枪支伤害的数据.
- 线性模型根据COVID-19病例,学校关闭时间,失业率和工资变化评估了AFI.
- 经济和COVID-19数据来源于劳工统计局和佐治亚州卫生部.
主要成果:
- 总共记录了1330名青少年枪支伤害,在2020年春季显著增加.
- 在对共变量进行调整后,亚特兰大的每一个额外的意外学校关闭日与0.69个额外的青少年枪支伤害有关.
- 观察到的AFI的增加在统计学上与学校关闭有关,独立于COVID-19病例率和经济因素.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,青少年枪支伤害显著增加.
- 学校关闭是导致青少年枪支伤害增加的一个因素.
- 公共政策决策,包括关闭学校,必须考虑它们对青少年安全和公共健康的直接影响.
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