从青春期到新兴成年期,检查多种物质使用和枪支相关的风险行为之间的纵向关联:基于小组的多轨迹建模方法
Mike Henson-Garcia1,2, Sitara M Weerakoon3, Melissa Peskin4,5
1Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center (UTHealth Houston), Houston, TX, USA. mike.garcia@uth.tmc.edu.
Injury epidemiology
|November 4, 2025
概括
青少年使用多种物质与在年轻成年时增加枪支使用和携带行为有关. 特定的物质使用模式预测了不同的枪支风险,突出了针对性干预的必要性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 获得枪支和风险行为 (存储,携带) 会增加枪支受伤的风险.
- 研究将单一物质使用与枪支风险联系起来,但多重物质使用的影响尚不清楚.
- 这项研究考察了青少年多重物质的使用和新兴成年期的枪支风险.
研究的目的:
- 调查青少年多物质使用轨迹和新兴成年期枪支相关风险之间的关联.
- 确定特定的多重物质使用模式及其与枪支获取,储存和携带的联系.
- 为使用多种物质的年轻成年人提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 分析了10年来1,042名青少年 (最初13-18岁) 的数据.
- 使用基于组的多轨迹建模来识别多物质使用模式.
- 评估了轨迹组与枪支准入,不当存储和频繁携带使用后勤回归的关联.
主要成果:
- 确定了五种不同的多重物质使用轨迹.
- 慢性多种物质使用者获得枪支的机会最高.
- 酒精升级者和慢性非非法使用者有最高的不当枪支存储率.
- 与轻度酒精使用者相比,大多数多重物质使用者经常携带枪支的几率更高.
结论:
- 第一个将特定多重物质使用轨迹与枪支相关的风险行为联系起来的研究.
- 调查结果为针对过渡到年轻成年期的多种物质使用者的干预提供了见解.
- 强调解决多重物质使用在预防枪支相关伤害方面的重要性.
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