Semenza Daniel C, Silver Ian A, Stansfield Richard, Mungia Rahma, Jackson Dylan B, Savage Brielle, Testa Alexander
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey; Department of Urban-Global Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey; New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey.
Center for Criminal Legal Systems Research, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Am J Prev Med. 2025 Jun;68(6):1160-1167. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2025.02.021. Epub 2025 Apr 4.
INTRODUCTION: This study examined the relationship between community-level firearm violence and dental health, focusing on dental care utilization and edentulism (i.e., total tooth loss) . METHODS: The authors analyzed 20, 332 census tracts within the 100 largest U.S. cities from 2014 to 2022. Dental care utilization and edentulism rates were sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PLACES project. Firearm violence data was drawn from the American Violence Project. Lagged random intercept mixed-effects models estimated associations between firearm violence and dental outcomes, adjusting for neighborhood demographic and socioeconomic covariates. Analyses were performed in 2024. RESULTS: Increases in firearm violence were associated with lower dental care utilization and higher rates of edentulism. A 1-shooting increase corresponded to a 0.01% reduction in dental care utilization and a 0.06% increase in edentulism the following year. CONCLUSIONS: Neighborhoods experiencing higher levels of firearm violence face disparities in dental care and oral health, highlighting firearm violence as a social determinant of oral health. Interventions such as mobile dental clinics and integrating dental care into violence intervention programs could mitigate disparities in dental care access and oral health in communities affected by firearm violence.
引言:本研究探讨了社区层面枪支暴力与牙齿健康之间的关系,重点关注牙科护理利用情况和无牙症(即牙齿全部脱落)。 方法:作者分析了2014年至2022年美国最大的100个城市中的20332个人口普查区。牙科护理利用情况和无牙症发生率数据来自疾病控制与预防中心的PLACES项目。枪支暴力数据取自美国暴力项目。滞后随机截距混合效应模型估计了枪支暴力与牙齿健康结果之间的关联,并对邻里人口统计学和社会经济协变量进行了调整。分析于2024年进行。 结果:枪支暴力增加与牙科护理利用率降低和无牙症发生率升高相关。枪击事件每增加1起,次年的牙科护理利用率就会降低0.01%,无牙症发生率会增加0.06%。 结论:经历较高水平枪支暴力的社区在牙科护理和口腔健康方面存在差异,这凸显了枪支暴力是口腔健康的一个社会决定因素。诸如流动牙科诊所以及将牙科护理纳入暴力干预项目等干预措施,可能会缓解受枪支暴力影响社区在牙科护理可及性和口腔健康方面的差异。
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