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  • Public Health
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Epidemiology

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  • A significant gap exists in utilizing predictive risk models for identifying home fire and burn injury risks.
  • Home fires and burn injuries pose a substantial public health burden, necessitating proactive identification of at-risk populations and areas.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop, validate, and apply a predictive cartographic risk model for home fires and burn injuries.
  • To demonstrate the model's utility using a sample population of parents with newborns in Jefferson County, KY.
  • To inform targeted public health interventions and resource allocation for fire prevention.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a literature search to identify key risk factors for home fires and burn injuries.
  • Synthesized American Community Survey data at the census tract level to create a predictive cartographic risk model.
  • Validated the model using fire incidence data, correlation, regression, and Moran's I analysis.
  • Examined model relationship with geocoded participant addresses and proximity to emergency services.

Main Results:

  • The predictive model identified significant clustering of high and severe risk for home fires in the northwest section of Jefferson County.
  • Modeled risk demonstrated a strong correlation with actual fire rates.
  • Key predictors for fire risk included low home value, Black race, and individuals without a high school diploma.
  • The intervention sample primarily consisted of participants at lower risk, located near fire departments and hospitals.

Conclusions:

  • Predictive cartographic risk models are valuable tools for identifying geographic areas prone to home fires and burn injuries.
  • The developed model successfully analyzed participant risk levels and their spatial relationship to emergency services.
  • The methodology is generalizable and applicable to other public health challenges, enabling data-driven interventions.