量化儿童枪支暴力的地点,时间和周日
Alexander J Ordoobadi1, Aaron Wickard2, Patrick Heindel1
1Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Journal of pediatric surgery
|November 29, 2023
概括
儿童枪支伤害最常发生在家庭,而不是学校. 预防工作应专注于家庭枪支准入和社区计划,而不仅仅是学校安全.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 伤害预防 预防伤害
背景情况:
- 枪支伤害是美国儿童死亡的主要原因.
- 了解这些伤害的模式对于制定有效的预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述儿科枪支伤害的地理和时间分布.
- 量化这些伤害在学校环境中发生的比例.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性队列研究,利用2019年国家紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 数据.
- 对涉及学龄儿童 (5-18岁) 枪支伤害的公告进行分析.
- 提取的数据包括事件地点,患者人口统计数据和伤害意图.
主要成果:
- 2019年,针对儿科枪支伤害的4,764个EMS调度被确定为2019年.
- 攻击 (53.9%) 是最常见的意图,其次是无意 (12.1%) 和自我伤害 (6.1%).
- 私人住宅 (51.5%) 是最常见的受伤地点,只有1.7%发生在学校. 大规模伤亡事件很少发生 (1.3%).
结论:
- 大多数儿童枪支伤害发生在私人家中,不论是出于何种意图或何时.
- 学校枪支伤害很少发生,这表明需要将重点从学校安全转移到家庭预防.
- 建议包括加强家庭的枪支准入防范,并实施基于社区的课后计划.
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