Geographic Disparities in Access to Agencies Providing Income-Related Social Services

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• 作者：Scott R. Bauer ; Michael C. Monuteaux ; Eric W. Fleegler
• 关键词：Geographic information system (GIS) ; Social determinants of health ; Health services geographic accessibility ; Poverty
• 刊名：Journal of Urban Health
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：92
• 期：5
• 页码：853-863
• 全文大小：1,531 KB
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• 作者单位：Scott R. Bauer (1)
  Michael C. Monuteaux (2) (3) (4)
  Eric W. Fleegler (3) (4)
  
  1. University of California School of Medicine, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94103, USA
  2. Division of Clinical Research, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA
  3. Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
  4. Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
  
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Informatics; Epidemiology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1468-2869

文摘

Geographic location is an important factor in understanding disparities in access to health-care and social services. The objective of this cross-sectional study is to evaluate disparities in the geographic distribution of income-related social service agencies relative to populations in need within Boston. Agency locations were obtained from a comprehensive database of social services in Boston. Geographic information systems mapped the spatial relationship of the agencies to the population using point density estimation and was compared to census population data. A multivariate logistic regression was conducted to evaluate factors associated with categories of income-related agency density. Median agency density within census block groups ranged from 0 to 8 agencies per square mile per 100 population below the federal poverty level (FPL). Thirty percent (n--1,810) of persons living below the FPL have no access to income-related social services within 0.5 miles, and 77 % of persons living below FPL (n--3,022) have access to 2 or fewer agencies. 27.0 % of Blacks, 30.1 % of Hispanics, and 41.0 % of non-Hispanic Whites with incomes below FPL have zero access. In conclusion, some neighborhoods in Boston with a high concentration of low-income populations have limited access to income-related social service agencies. Keywords Geographic information system (GIS) Social determinants of health Health services geographic accessibility Poverty