在弗吉尼亚州里士满 (Richmond, VA) 探索两波COVID-19大流行期间暴力的变化
Samuel J West1,2, Ariel M Wood1, Michel B Aboutanos1
1Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Aggressive behavior
|June 16, 2023
概括
在弗吉尼亚州里士满的COVID-19流行病的第一波和第二波期间,枪支暴力显著增加. 枪支伤害的增加发生在其他暴力事件减少的同时.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19大流行与暴力的增加有关.
- 关于COVID-19第二波对枪支暴力的影响的研究仍然有限.
- 购买枪支和失业等因素可能导致枪支暴力.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查暴力伤害的趋势,特别是枪支暴力,在里士满,弗吉尼亚州的COVID-19大流行期间.
- 为了比较疫情前,第一波和第二波期间的暴力率.
- 为了区分大流行对枪支暴力的影响与其他形式的伤害.
主要方法:
- 这些数据是从2018-2022年里士满,弗吉尼亚州1级创伤中心的1744名遭受暴力伤害的患者收集的.
- 患者数据分为流行前,第一波COVID-19和第二波COVID-19时期.
- 后勤双项回归用于分析枪伤风险的变化,控制人口统计和伤害严重程度.
主要成果:
- 与疫情前水平相比,第一波疫情期间枪伤风险增加了32%,第二波疫情期间增加了44%.
- 在第一波和第二波之间,枪支暴力的增加在统计学上并不显著.
- 在自我伤害案件中没有观察到枪支使用的增加,这表明暴力伤害的特异性.
结论:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间观察到的暴力增加,特别是枪支暴力,在弗吉尼亚州里士满也很明显.
- 在研究期间,枪支暴力的趋势有所增加,而袭击,刺伤和自伤行为则有所减少.
- 调查结果强调了疫情对枪支相关暴力的明显和不断升级的影响.
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