Firearm Access and Gun Violence Exposure Among American Indian or Alaska Native and Black Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

American Indian or Alaska Native and Black adults experience elevated rates of firearm injury and death, but both groups are severely underrepresented in research on firearm exposure and behaviors.

Objective

To explore geodemographic differences in firearm behaviors and violence exposure among American Indian or Alaska Native and Black adults in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

In this survey study, nationally representative samples of American Indian or Alaska Native and/or Black adults recruited from KnowledgePanel were surveyed cross-sectionally. Surveys were administered online between April 12 and May 4, 2023.

Main outcomes and measures

Firearm access, storage, and carrying behaviors and lifetime firearm violence exposure were the prima

SUBMITTER: Anestis MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10912965 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature