Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents
Abstract Background Living near an incident of firearm violence can negatively impact youth, regardless of whether the violence is experienced firsthand. Inequities in household and neighborhood resources may affect the prevalence and consequences of exposure across racial/ethnic groups. Findings Us...
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| author | Amanda J. Aubel Angela Bruns Xiaoya Zhang Shani Buggs Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz |
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| description | Abstract Background Living near an incident of firearm violence can negatively impact youth, regardless of whether the violence is experienced firsthand. Inequities in household and neighborhood resources may affect the prevalence and consequences of exposure across racial/ethnic groups. Findings Using data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study and the Gun Violence Archive, we estimate that approximately 1 in 4 adolescents in large US cities lived within 800 m (0.5 miles) of a past-year firearm homicide during 2014–17. Exposure risk decreased as household income and neighborhood collective efficacy increased, though stark racial/ethnic inequities remained. Across racial/ethnic groups, adolescents in poor households in moderate or high collective efficacy neighborhoods had a similar risk of past-year firearm homicide exposure as middle-to-high income adolescents in low collective efficacy neighborhoods. Conclusions Empowering communities to build and leverage social ties may be as impactful for reducing firearm violence exposure as income supports. Comprehensive violence prevention efforts should include systems-level strategies that jointly strengthen family and community resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad6821993a6944098307380f041e56d02023-06-11T11:03:37ZengBMCInjury Epidemiology2197-17142023-06-011011710.1186/s40621-023-00435-8Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescentsAmanda J. Aubel0Angela Bruns1Xiaoya Zhang2Shani Buggs3Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz4Violence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis School of MedicineDepartment of Sociology and Criminology, Gonzaga UniversityDepartment of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of FloridaViolence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis School of MedicineViolence Prevention Research Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis School of MedicineAbstract Background Living near an incident of firearm violence can negatively impact youth, regardless of whether the violence is experienced firsthand. Inequities in household and neighborhood resources may affect the prevalence and consequences of exposure across racial/ethnic groups. Findings Using data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study and the Gun Violence Archive, we estimate that approximately 1 in 4 adolescents in large US cities lived within 800 m (0.5 miles) of a past-year firearm homicide during 2014–17. Exposure risk decreased as household income and neighborhood collective efficacy increased, though stark racial/ethnic inequities remained. Across racial/ethnic groups, adolescents in poor households in moderate or high collective efficacy neighborhoods had a similar risk of past-year firearm homicide exposure as middle-to-high income adolescents in low collective efficacy neighborhoods. Conclusions Empowering communities to build and leverage social ties may be as impactful for reducing firearm violence exposure as income supports. Comprehensive violence prevention efforts should include systems-level strategies that jointly strengthen family and community resources.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-023-00435-8Neighborhood collective efficacyFirearm violenceAdolescentsIncomeRace/ethnicityDisparities |
| spellingShingle | Amanda J. Aubel Angela Bruns Xiaoya Zhang Shani Buggs Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents Injury Epidemiology Neighborhood collective efficacy Firearm violence Adolescents Income Race/ethnicity Disparities |
| title | Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents |
| title_full | Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents |
| title_short | Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents |
| title_sort | neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents |
| topic | Neighborhood collective efficacy Firearm violence Adolescents Income Race/ethnicity Disparities |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-023-00435-8 |
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