Mian Mohammad Anwarul Huq, Haque Akhlaque, Mullins Robert Fred, Fiebiger Barbara, Hassan Zaheed
From the Joseph M. Still Research Foundation, Inc., Augusta, Georgia.
J Burn Care Res. 2015 Sep-Oct;36(5):e267-73. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000025.
This study uses a 4-year (2006-2009) cross-section of epidemiological burn injury data from Georgia and South Carolina. The results from the study show that the burn patients from rural areas differ from their urban counterparts in terms of relative burn injury incidence. Younger population groups that live in lower socioeconomic status communities especially in the urban areas are at a higher risk than other population groups. The differences in the types of burns in the urban-rural communities can give us further insights to the patients' association with injury sites. The presence of fewer burn injury treatment and care facilities in rural areas and the high incidence of burn in low-income communities in the urban areas should carry important policy implications for health planners. This study will enable researchers to understand the epidemiology of burn injuries at the local and national levels in the United States. It also carries important implications for using Geographic Information Systems for studying spatial distribution of burn injuries for disaster planning and mitigation of burn injuries.
本研究使用了来自佐治亚州和南卡罗来纳州的4年（2006 - 2009年）横断面流行病学烧伤数据。研究结果表明，农村地区的烧伤患者在相对烧伤发生率方面与城市地区的患者存在差异。生活在社会经济地位较低社区的年轻人群体，尤其是城市地区的此类人群，比其他人群面临更高的风险。城乡社区烧伤类型的差异能让我们进一步了解患者与受伤部位之间的关联。农村地区烧伤治疗和护理设施较少，以及城市低收入社区烧伤发生率较高，这对卫生规划者应具有重要的政策启示。这项研究将使研究人员能够了解美国地方和国家层面的烧伤流行病学情况。它对于利用地理信息系统研究烧伤的空间分布以进行灾害规划和减轻烧伤危害也具有重要意义。
