应用个人和基于居住地的股权衡量标准来描述崩结果的差异
Kristina B Metzger1, Romario Smith1, Sara A Freed1
1Center for Injury Research and Prevention Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia USA.
Journal of safety research
|February 22, 2025
概括
交通安全差异仍然存在,少数群体和不公平地区的交通事故率更高. 了解这些联系是针对改善道路安全和减少不平等的有针对性的干预措施的关键.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 运输安全运输安全
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
背景情况:
- 交通安全倡议越来越重视公平,以减少死亡和受伤.
- 本研究探讨了个人和区域性股权衡量与机参与率之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 检查股权措施与事故参与率和伤害率之间的关系.
- 确定与较高的撞车风险相关的特定的人口和地理因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了全州综合数据,包括事故报告和医院出院记录 (2016-2019).
- 根据住宅人口普查区对参与和受伤的司机的交通事故率计算.
- 采用普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道普华永道.
主要成果:
- 与非西班牙裔白人司机相比,西班牙裔和非西班牙裔黑人司机的撞车率显著更高.
- 拥有最低股权评分的人口普查区的司机的撞车率明显更高 (例如,极端度指数:aRR,2.10).
- 在伤害事故率方面也观察到类似的差异,股权措施改善了模型的合适性.
结论:
- 来自少数种族/少数民族的司机和居住在不公平社区的司机的撞车和受伤率不成比例地高.
- 有证据表明,交通安全差异与更广泛的社会不平等之间存在强烈的联系.
- 个人和基于居住地的公平措施可以确定高风险社区进行有针对性的干预,以提高交通安全并减少差距.
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