Bloch Joan Rosen, Cordivano Sarah, Gardner Marcia, Barkin Jennifer
a College of Nursing and Health Professions , Drexel University , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
b Public Health , Drexel University , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
Contemp Nurse. 2018 Jun;54(3):233-245. doi: 10.1080/10376178.2018.1492349. Epub 2018 Jul 3.
Guided by critical theory, this study illustrates the value of interpretative mapping to deconstruct bus travel to publicly funded prenatal care in a city marked by health and social inequities.
This mixed methods study used GIS maps based on 61,305 births to study the known barrier of transportation to prenatal care among urban mothers most at risk for preterm birth.
Among 350 census tracts, 36 census tracts had preterm rates between 25 -36.9%. Modeling travel time for the case vignette for routine prenatal care took 21 visits to different geographically located facilities. This burden increased to 32 visits if the case vignette was high-risk.
Interpretative GIS mapping is an important tool to ground truth spatially linked data into real world meanings. Promoting optimal health requires innovative and feasible approaches that take into consideration daily maternal functioning as pregnant mothers care for their children and themselves.
在批判理论的指导下,本研究阐明了解释性地图绘制在解构一个存在健康和社会不平等现象的城市中前往公共资助的产前护理的公交出行方面的价值。
这项混合方法研究使用基于61305例分娩的地理信息系统(GIS)地图,来研究早产风险最高的城市母亲在获得产前护理时已知的交通障碍。
在350个人口普查区中,36个人口普查区的早产率在25%-36.9%之间。为常规产前护理的案例 vignette 建模出行时间需要前往不同地理位置的设施进行21次就诊。如果案例 vignette 是高危情况,这一负担会增加到32次就诊。
解释性GIS地图绘制是将空间关联数据与现实世界意义相结合的重要工具。促进最佳健康需要创新且可行的方法,要考虑到怀孕母亲在照顾孩子和自己时的日常身体机能。