Spatial accessibility to gun violence exposure on walkable routes to and from school

IF 3.6 2区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Ssm-Population Health Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI:10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101730

Gia Barboza-Salerno , Sharefa Duhaney , Hexin Yang

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Abstract

This study investigates the spatial accessibility of gun violence exposure along walkable routes to and from schools in Englewood, Chicago. Focusing on both direct and indirect forms of gun violence, the study uses acoustic detection technology to quantify the cumulative burden of gun violence exposure potentially encountered by students during their commute to and from school. We examined the spatial distribution of shooting incidents in proximity to schools using network-constrained kernel density estimation, secondary spatial analysis, and rapid realistic routing. G-function analysis revealed that shooting incidents cluster along streets, including safe passage routes, near schools. An average of 1.30 and 18.06 gunshots were reachable within 5- and 15-min commute times in the morning and afternoon, respectively Our findings underscore the urgent need to reframe the narrative around ‘school gun violence’ to consider exposures that occur in proximity to school boundaries to more effectively reduce violence exposure for youth who walk to school in violence-prone neighborhoods.

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在往返学校的可步行路线上接触枪支暴力的空间可达性

本研究调查了芝加哥恩格尔伍德往返学校的步行路线上枪支暴力的空间可及性。研究重点关注直接和间接形式的枪支暴力，使用声学检测技术量化学生在上下学途中可能遇到的枪支暴力累积负担。我们利用网络约束核密度估计、二次空间分析和快速现实路由，研究了枪击事件在学校附近的空间分布。G 函数分析表明，枪击事件主要集中在学校附近的街道上，包括安全通道。我们的研究结果突出表明，我们迫切需要重构 "校园枪支暴力 "的概念，将发生在学校附近的枪击事件纳入考虑范围，从而更有效地减少暴力频发社区中步行上学的青少年所面临的暴力风险。

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Ssm-Population Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

2.10%

发文量

298

审稿时长

101 days

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