Participatory Action Research to Inform a Social-Ecological Model of Gun-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Practices

参与性行动研究为枪支相关态度、行为和实践的社会生态模型提供信息

• 批准号: 10268954
• 负责人: Krista Ruth Mehari
• 金额: $ 61.88万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-30 至 2023-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10268954
• 关键词: Participatory; Action; Research; Inform; Social

7. Project Summary/Abstract Gun-related injuries and fatalities due to violence and suicide disproportionately impact two distinct groups: (1) African American boys and young men and (2) White American men. Current approaches to prevent gun injury are limited in their ability to reach those at highest risk, which may be due to the cultural disconnect between gun injury prevention strategies and the populations at greatest risk for violence and suicide. Bridging the cultural disconnect requires a deep understanding of social-ecological factors that underlie gun-related attitudes, behaviors, and practices. The primary aim of this project is to harness participatory action research to develop a cross-cutting, culturally grounded social-ecological model that describes factors underlying risky gun-related attitudes, behaviors, and practices, and to identify the acceptability of specific approaches to prevention. This mixed methods project has two specific aims. Aim 1 is to identify (a) methods of gun access or acquisition, storage, and carrying; (b) motivations for gun access, ownership, storage practices, use, and carrying; (c) attitudes about ownership, storage safety, use, and carrying; d) acceptability of gun-focused prevention strategies, including factors that might influence engagement in those strategies; and (e) ideas for novel prevention strategies. Aim 2 is to develop and validate a cross-cutting, social-ecological model in which individual, microsystemic, macrosystemic, and cultural factors predict gun-related attitudes, behaviors, and practices. This project consists of two phases. During Phase 1, we will conduct mixed methods research through in-depth interviews with 210 members of distinct populations at increased risk of urban gun violence or suicide. During Phase 2, we will quantitatively test the social-ecological model developed in Phase 1 by surveying (a) a local sample of 1200 youth in urban and rural contexts; and (b) a nationally representative sample of 2000 adults. The expected outcomes for this project are (1) a description of the scope of gun- related attitudes, behaviors, and practices among populations at greater risk for gun-related injury; (2) the identification of a range of novel risk and protective social-ecological factors associated with gun-related behaviors; and (3) an empirically validated, cross-cutting social-ecological model that explains gun-related attitudes, behaviors, and practices that place individuals at risk for gun-related injury. The proposed study is innovative in that integrates violence and suicide prevention research and uses a mixed methods participatory action research approach to bridge the divide between researchers and populations most at risk of intentional gun injuries. The results of this work will advance prevention science by creating a culturally grounded, social- ecological model that can guide research on risk and protective factors for intentional gun-related injuries and that will inform the development of ecologically valid, public health interventions. Ultimately, maximizing the reach of gun-related injury public health interventions is expected to reduce fatalities caused by violence and suicide. This proposal addresses Objective One and falls under Funding Option B of NOFO RFA-CE-20-006.

7。项目摘要/摘要 由于暴力和自杀而造成的与枪支有关的伤害和死亡不成比例地影响两个不同的群体：（1） 非洲裔美国男孩和年轻人和（2）白人美国男人。当前防止枪支受伤的方法 他们达到风险最高的能力的能力有限，这可能是由于文化脱节 枪支伤害预防策略和人口最大的暴力和自杀风险。桥接 文化脱节需要对与枪支有关的社会生态因素有深入的了解 态度，行为和实践。该项目的主要目的是利用参与式行动研究 开发一个横切，文化扎根的社会生态模型，描述了风险的基本因素 与枪支有关的态度，行为和实践，并确定特定方法的可接受性 预防。这个混合方法项目具有两个具体的目标。目标1是确定（a）枪支访问方法 或获取，存储和携带； （b）枪支访问，所有权，存储实践，使用和 携带； （c）关于所有权，存储安全，使用和携带的态度； d）以枪支为中心的可接受性 预防策略，包括可能影响参与这些策略的因素； （e）想法 新颖的预防策略。目的2是开发和验证一种跨裁切的社会生态模型，其中 个体，微系统，大型系统和文化因素可以预测与枪支相关的态度，行为和 实践。该项目由两个阶段组成。在第1阶段，我们将进行混合方法研究 通过对210名不同人群的深入访谈，以增加城市枪支暴力风险或 自杀。在第2阶段，我们将定量测试在第1阶段开发的社会生态模型。 调查（a）在城市和农村环境中的1200名青年的当地样本； （b）全国代表 样本2000名成年人。该项目的预期结果是（1）枪支范围的描述 与枪支相关伤害风险更大的人群中的相关态度，行为和做法； （2） 确定与枪支有关的一系列新型风险和保护性的社会生态因素 行为； （3）一个经验验证的，横切的社会生态模型，解释了与枪支有关的 态度，行为和实践使个人处于与枪支相关伤害的风险中。拟议的研究是 创新的是整合暴力和自杀预防研究，并使用混合方法参与 行动研究方法弥合研究人员与人口之间的鸿沟，最有意的风险 枪支受伤。这项工作的结果将通过创建一种文化基础，社会 - 生态模型，可以指导针对有意枪支相关伤害的风险和保护因素的研究 这将为生态有效的公共卫生干预措施的发展提供信息。最终，最大化 预计与枪支相关伤害的公共卫生干预措施预计将减少因暴力和 自杀。该提案解决了目标一，属于NOFO RFA-CE-20-006的资金选项B。