Racial Differences in Activity Space Exposures and Everyday Perceptions of Safety among Urban Youth

Purpose: The everyday experience of safety promotes health and successful development during adolescence. To date, few studies have examined racial variation in the spatial determinants of inthe-moment perceived safety. Methods: Drawing on data from the Columbus, Ohio-based Adolescent Health and Development in Context study (N 1/4 1,405), we consider the influence of intraindividual variability in Global Posiexposure to residentially White-dominated neighborhoods also reduces perceived safety, but only focus on the consequences of residing in Black segregated neighborhoods may obscure potentially (c) 2024 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.