ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2023
School Handgun Carrying Among Youth Growing Up in Rural Communities.
Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Effect of the Communities That Care Prevention System on Adolescent Handgun Carrying: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Trends in firearm death among middle and high-school aged rural and urban adolescents from 2001 to 2022.Injury epidemiology · 2025Article
- Securing schools, protecting minds: a scoping review of limited evidence for weapon carriage prevention in K-12 schools.Cogent mental health · 2025Review
- Firearm Experiences, Behaviors, and Norms Among Rural Adolescents.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- The association of alcohol use and heavy drinking with subsequent handgun carrying among youth from rural areas.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2024Article
- Rural-Urban Variation in the Association of Adolescent Violence and Handgun Carrying in the United States, 2002-2019.JAMA network open · 2023Article
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purposeTo characterize school handgun carrying and violence risk factors among rural youth.
methodsUsing a sample of rural youth (n = 1995), we quantified the proportion who carried a handgun to school, carried but not to school, and did not carry across grades 7-12 and endorsed risk factors for violence in individual, peer, school, and community domains.
resultsOverall, 3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2%-4%) of youth ever carried to school; 15% (95% CI: 14%-16%) carried but not to school; and 82% (95% CI: 80%-84%) never carried. Violence risk factors (e.g., attacking someone) were more commonly endorsed by youth who carried to school (84%; 95% CI: 73%-95%) than those who carried but not to school (51%; 95% CI: 44%-58%) and did not carry (23%; 95% CI: 20%-26%). DISCUSSION: Carrying a handgun to school in rural areas is not common; however, it is associated with risk factors for violence. Understanding violence risk factors among youth who carry handguns to school could inform violence prevention programs in rural areas.
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