Wical William, Marineau Lea, Baker Nazsa, Strong Bethany, Lovelady Nakita, Richardson Joseph B
Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Neighborhoods and Health Lab, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Am J Mens Health. 2025 May-Jun;19(3):15579883251343966. doi: 10.1177/15579883251343966. Epub 2025 Jun 23.
Both experiencing homelessness and having survived a violent firearm injury are well-known risk factors for being a victim of violence. Despite there being significant racial disparities in these factors, there is no qualitative research examining the experiences of Black men who survive a gunshot wound and were homeless after their injury. Drawing on over a year of ethnographic research at the two busiest hospital-based violence intervention programs in the state of Maryland, this research centers the experiences of violently injured homeless Black men to understand how to best support their health, healing, and social goals. Emergent themes from the research included the significant need for housing after injury, challenges with healing while homeless, and difficult experiences with housing institutions. The findings suggest that additional supportive care services for Black men who survive gunshot wounds are needed to increase access to safe and stable housing.
经历无家可归以及在枪支暴力伤害中幸存下来，都是众所周知的暴力受害者风险因素。尽管这些因素存在显著的种族差异，但尚无定性研究考察遭受枪伤且受伤后无家可归的黑人男性的经历。基于在马里兰州两个最繁忙的医院暴力干预项目进行的一年多民族志研究，本研究聚焦于遭受暴力伤害的无家可归黑人男性的经历，以了解如何最好地支持他们的健康、康复和社会目标。该研究中出现的主题包括受伤后对住房的迫切需求、无家可归时康复面临的挑战以及与住房机构打交道的艰难经历。研究结果表明，需要为枪伤幸存者黑人男性提供更多支持性护理服务，以增加获得安全稳定住房的机会。
