INDIVIDUAL AND CONTEXTUAL EFFECTS IN INJURY MORBIDITY IN BARCELONA (SPAIN)

The aims of this study were to determine, in Barcelona, the relationships between socioeconomic level measured through individual educational level, and socioeconomic deprivation of the neighborhood, and injury morbidity in different age groups and in males as well as females. The results of the study demonstrate that social inequalities are related with the production of injuries. The results provide information of injury socioeconomic inequalities at both individual and contextual levels. The existence of social inequities in injury morbidity underscores the need to implement injury prevention strategies not only at the individual level , but also to tailor them to the socioeconomic position of the population.

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  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V5S-4D9D7BV-1/1/42fa00c1b1796d6a80f47b69671ce93e
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• Authors:
  • Ferrando, J
  • Rodriguez-Sanz, M
  • Borrell, C
  • Martinez, V
  • Plasencia, A
• Publication Date: 2005-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 85-92
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Education; Gender; Injury severity; Risk assessment; Socioeconomic factors
• Geographic Terms: Barcelona (Spain)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00989519
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 9 2005 12:00AM