Social determinants of health, driving time to trauma hospitals, racial composition, and firearm violence in South Carolina
Public health neighbourhood risk factors that are detrimental to individuals' physical health are also associated with increased risk of firearm victimisation. Longer drive times from trauma hospitals increase the risk of death and this relationship disproportionately affects black Americans. The built environment of neighbourhoods and extended drive times to trauma centres 'doubly disadvantages' historically disadvantaged populations.
Authors
- M. Dylan Spencer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-0986)
- Brent R. Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4428-280X)
- Hunter M. Boehme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3231-0428)
- Alex L. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3600-3644)
- Kelly Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8685-1177)
- Morgan McMains-Nurisio
- Jeffrey Trowbridge
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Northeastern University (US)
- Lander University (US)
- University of South Carolina System (US)
- Georgia Southern University (US)
- Lycoming College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Prevention
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045442
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.33
Funders
- National Science Foundation