The association between perceived community violence, police bias, race, and firearm carriage among urban adolescents and young adults.

ABSTRACT: Firearms are a leading cause of death among youth and young adults. Given community violence is an important correlate of youth firearm carriage, we evaluated: 1) If the association between perceived community violence and firearm carriage is stronger when perceived police bias is greater; and 2) If this moderated association differs by race. Cross-sectional data came from screening data for a longitudinal study of firearm behaviors among young adults seeking urban emergency department treatment between July 2017-June 2018 (N = 1264). We estimated Poisson regressions with robust error variance to evaluate associations between perceived community violence, police bias, race, and firearm carriage. Community violence was positively associated with firearm carriage (average marginal effect [AM

SUBMITTER: Sokol RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8724395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature