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Gun Carrying Among Youths, by Demographic Characteristics, Associated Violence Experiences, and Risk Behaviors - United States, 2017-2019.
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- State-Level Extreme-Risk Protection Order Policies, Mental Health, and Gun Carrying: Demographic and Racial Disparities in U.S. Youth.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Adapting to the Disconnection: An Examination of School Alienation and Adolescent Gun Carrying.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- Effects of the Communities that Care (CTC) Prevention System on Youth Violence Outcomes in Two Violence-Impacted Denver Communities.American journal of criminal justice : AJCJ · 2026Article
- Racial/ethnic disparities in the dose-response relationship between syndemic risk factors and increased gun carrying odds among male high school students in the United States.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Health Risk Factors and ADHD: New Findings From the Community-Based Replication Project to Learn About Youth-Mental Health (Re-PLAY-MH).Journal of attention disorders · 2025Article
- Mental Telehealth Utilization Patterns Among High School Students from Racial and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds Affected by Violence and Substance Use.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Perceptions of neighborhood disorder and gun carrying during adolescence: The indirect effect of exposure to violence.Preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluating an App-Based Intervention for Preventing Firearm Violence and Substance Use in Young Black Boys and Men: Usability Evaluation Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Exposure to Neighborhood Violence and Gun Carrying Among Adolescents in the United States: Findings From A Population-Based Study.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Investing in family-centered early childhood education: A conceptual model for preventing firearm homicide among Black male youth in the United States.Preventive medicine · 2024Review
- Trends in Adolescent Suicide by Method in the US, 1999-2020.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Sleep duration, sleep quality, and weapon carrying in a sample of adolescents from Texas.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Witnessing Community Violence, Gun Carrying, and Associations with Substance Use and Suicide Risk Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.MMWR supplements · 2023Article
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Abstract
Suicide and homicide are the second and third leading causes of death, respectively, among youths aged 14-17 years (1); nearly one half (46%) of youth suicides and most (93%) youth homicides result from firearm injuries (1). Understanding youth gun carrying and associated outcomes can guide prevention initiatives (2). This study used the updated measure of gun carrying in the 2017 and 2019 administrations of CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey* (YRBS) to describe the national prevalence of gun carrying for reasons other than hunting or sport among high school students aged <18 years and to examine the associations between gun carrying and experiencing violence, suicidal ideation or attempts, or substance use. Gun carrying during the previous 12 months was reported by one in 15 males and one in 50 females. Gun carrying was significantly more likely among youths with violence-related experiences (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] range = 1.5-10.1), suicidal ideation or attempts (aPR range = 1.8-3.5), or substance use (aPR range = 4.2-5.6). These results underscore the importance of comprehensive approaches to preventing youth violence and suicide, including strategies that focus on preventing youth substance use and gun carrying (3).
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