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Predictors of firearm purchasing during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare determinants of firearm purchasing related to the pandemic. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional survey. METHODS: A total of 3853 online panel participants completed a survey between December 22, 2020, and January 2, 2021, to approximate a nationally repre...

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Autores principales: Roess, A.A., Henderson, L.F., Adams, L.M., Renshaw, K.D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10073582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37244224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.04.004
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author Roess, A.A.
Henderson, L.F.
Adams, L.M.
Renshaw, K.D.
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description OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare determinants of firearm purchasing related to the pandemic. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional survey. METHODS: A total of 3853 online panel participants completed a survey between December 22, 2020, and January 2, 2021, to approximate a nationally representative sample of US adults (aged ≥18 years). Four firearm ownership groups were created: non-owners, a proxy for first-time COVID-19 owners, prepandemic owners with COVID-19 purchase, and prepandemic owners without COVID-19 purchase. Explanatory variables were in four domains: demographics, concern about the pandemic, actions taken in response to COVID-19, and emotional response to COVID-19. Multivariate analysis estimated the adjusted odds of the outcomes. RESULTS: Respondents were categorized as non-owners (n = 2440), pandemic-related purchasers with no other firearms (n = 257), pandemic-related purchasers with other firearms (n = 350), and those who did not purchase in response to the pandemic but have other firearms (n = 806). Multivariable logistic regression found that compared with non-owners, those who had firearms at home with no pandemic-related purchases are more likely to be male, live in rural settings, have higher income, and be Republican. CONCLUSIONS: The results highlight the changing profile of American firearm owners and identify that those who purchased firearms for the first time (in response to the pandemic) should be the focus of tailored public health interventions, including provision of education about recommended firearm storage to reduce firearm violence, particularly because they are more likely to have children at home, and belong to demographic groups that may have less experience with firearm safety.
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spelling pubmed-100735822023-04-05 Predictors of firearm purchasing during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: a cross-sectional study Roess, A.A. Henderson, L.F. Adams, L.M. Renshaw, K.D. Public Health Original Research OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare determinants of firearm purchasing related to the pandemic. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional survey. METHODS: A total of 3853 online panel participants completed a survey between December 22, 2020, and January 2, 2021, to approximate a nationally representative sample of US adults (aged ≥18 years). Four firearm ownership groups were created: non-owners, a proxy for first-time COVID-19 owners, prepandemic owners with COVID-19 purchase, and prepandemic owners without COVID-19 purchase. Explanatory variables were in four domains: demographics, concern about the pandemic, actions taken in response to COVID-19, and emotional response to COVID-19. Multivariate analysis estimated the adjusted odds of the outcomes. RESULTS: Respondents were categorized as non-owners (n = 2440), pandemic-related purchasers with no other firearms (n = 257), pandemic-related purchasers with other firearms (n = 350), and those who did not purchase in response to the pandemic but have other firearms (n = 806). Multivariable logistic regression found that compared with non-owners, those who had firearms at home with no pandemic-related purchases are more likely to be male, live in rural settings, have higher income, and be Republican. CONCLUSIONS: The results highlight the changing profile of American firearm owners and identify that those who purchased firearms for the first time (in response to the pandemic) should be the focus of tailored public health interventions, including provision of education about recommended firearm storage to reduce firearm violence, particularly because they are more likely to have children at home, and belong to demographic groups that may have less experience with firearm safety. The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2023-06 2023-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10073582/ /pubmed/37244224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.04.004 Text en © 2023 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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title_fullStr Predictors of firearm purchasing during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: a cross-sectional study
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title_short Predictors of firearm purchasing during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: a cross-sectional study
title_sort predictors of firearm purchasing during the coronavirus pandemic in the united states: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10073582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37244224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.04.004
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