了解美墨边境社区的人际暴力发生率:一个地理空间方法
Melissa Wholeben1, Hyunjung Cheon2, Amanda Goodson2
1Author Affiliations:College of Nursing, The University of Texas at El Paso.
Journal of forensic nursing
|February 12, 2025
概括
人际暴力 (IV) 在美墨边境普遍存在. 这项研究绘制了El Paso的IV热点地图,揭示了针对性干预和加强法医护理的城市内高风险区域.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 空间流行病学 空间流行病学
- 法医护理 在法医护理.
背景情况:
- 人际暴力 (IV) 是一个全球性问题,在地理边界具有独特的复杂性.
- 美国和墨西哥边境地区,以文化和经济差异为标志,在IV方面没有得到充分的研究.
- 靠近美墨边境的社区面临着独特的社会和结构性挑战,导致IV.
研究的目的:
- 检查德克萨斯州埃尔帕索地区的人际暴力 (IV) 事件的空间分布和特征.
- 确定IV的高风险区域,以告知有针对性的预防和干预策略.
- 通过有针对性的识别,响应和安全协议,加强法医护士在治疗IV方面的作用.
主要方法:
- 在2017-2022年间对384起人际暴力 (IV) 事件进行了回顾性分析.
- 利用了性侵犯护士检查员看过的患者医疗记录中的邮政编码数据.
- 采用空间分析,热点识别和机构重叠映射.
主要成果:
- 输液幸存者的平均年龄为26岁,大多数年龄在25-59岁之间.
- 大多数幸存者 (78.2%) 是西班牙裔,拉丁裔或西班牙裔.
- 空间分析显示,IV发病率分布不均,高风险区域集中在埃尔帕索市中心.
结论:
- 空间分析提供了艾尔帕索地区IV动态的整体视图.
- 确定的IV热点为开发有针对性的干预提供了可操作的见解.
- 法医护士可以通过将社区的理解融入预防,教育和应急响应协议中,主动解决IV问题.
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