拥有,储存和使用枪支的区域差异:来自对美国五个州进行代表性调查的结果
Michael Anestis1,2, Allison E Bond3,4, Nazsa Baker3
1New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA mda141@sph.Rutgers.edu.
概括
国家枪支所有权和储存实践的差异很大. 密西西比州和德克萨斯州显示,不安全的枪支存储和在家外携带枪支的比例更高,这凸显了国家特定安全信息的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 枪支的获取和储存显著影响伤害和死亡的风险.
- 以前的研究集中在国家/区域差异上,忽视了州级的差异.
研究的目的:
- 分析和描述州级枪支所有权,储存和使用的差异.
- 为了识别五个代表性美国州的变化.
主要方法:
- 在线自我报告调查对来自科罗拉多州,明尼苏达州,密西西比州,新泽西州和德克萨斯州的3510名美国成年人 (18岁以上) 进行.
- 奇平方测试和协变性分析被用来检查枪支所有权,储存和携带行为的差异,调整人口统计数据.
主要成果:
- 在枪支所有权方面,观察到州一级的显著差异.
- 新泽西州在激增期间看到更多的首次购买枪支的购买者.
- 密西西比州和德克萨斯州的不安全的枪支存储和在家外携带枪支的比例更高.
结论:
- 关于枪支安全的公共卫生信息必须承认在所有权,储存和使用行为方面存在国家特定的差异.
- 量身定制的沟通对于在各州有效减少枪支伤害和死亡风险至关重要.
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