Ecological analyses of the associations between injury risk and socioeconomic status, geography and Aboriginal ethnicity in British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: SpringerPlus
• Main Authors: George, M. A, Brussoni, M., Jin, A., Lalonde, C. E, McCormick, R.
• Other Authors: Child and Family Research Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Aboriginal; Indigenous populations (MeSH); Indians; North American (MeSH); First Nations; Medical record linkage (MeSH); Hospitalization (MeSH); Injury and wounds (MeSH); Epidemiology (MeSH); British Columbia; Canada
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63988; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2262-x

Background: The current study examines what factors contribute to higher injury risk among Aboriginal peoples, compared to the total British Columbia (BC) population. We explore socioeconomic, geographic, and cultural factors, and combinations of these factors, that contribute to increased injury ri...