Mina Saeednejad1, Farideh Sadeghian2, Mahsa Fayaz3, Dennis Rafael4, Rasha Atlasi5, Amirmasoud Kazemzadeh Houjaghan1, Raziyeh Abedi Kichi1, Mohammad Hossein Asgardoon1, Hossein Zabihi Mahmoudabadi6, Zahra Salamati7, Zohrehsadat Naji8, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar1, Payman Salamati1. 1. Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2. Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. 3. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. 4. Faculty of Health - School of Health Policy & Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 5. Department of Medical Library and Information Science, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 6. Sina hospital, Department of surgery, school of medicine, Tehran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran. 7. School of Architecture, College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 8. Young Researchers and Elites Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to review systematically the association of social determinants of health (SDH) and road traffic deaths (RTD) within scientific literature. METHODS: A search strategy was designed and run in EMBASE, PubMed via MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane library. Through title, abstract, and full-text screening, all English original papers (except ecological studies) which studied social determinants of health and fatal injuries were included. Papers which studied association between RTD and the education, income, rural settlement, and marital status were evaluated and the related data was extracted from the full-texts. RESULTS: Eleven articles out of 7,897 primary results were selected to be included in the study. Among eight papers studied education, seven confirmed a negative association between years of schooling and RTD. Two out of three articles reported no association between income leveland RTD. Among three papers studied rural settlement, two approved a positive relationship between this determinant and RTD. Both articles studied marital status, confirmed an association between this determinant and RTD. CONCLUSION: A few papers studied association of social determinants of health (SDH) and RTD. There was an inverse relationship between education and RTD. The evidence for such an association between income, rural settlement, and marital state was scarce. Further investigations are recommended through original research. Journal compilation
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to review systematically the association of social determinants of health (SDH) and road traffic deaths (RTD) within scientific literature. METHODS: A search strategy was designed and run in EMBASE, PubMed via MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane library. Through title, abstract, and full-text screening, all English original papers (except ecological studies) which studied social determinants of health and fatal injuries were included. Papers which studied association between RTD and the education, income, rural settlement, and marital status were evaluated and the related data was extracted from the full-texts. RESULTS: Eleven articles out of 7,897 primary results were selected to be included in the study. Among eight papers studied education, seven confirmed a negative association between years of schooling and RTD. Two out of three articles reported no association between income leveland RTD. Among three papers studied rural settlement, two approved a positive relationship between this determinant and RTD. Both articles studied marital status, confirmed an association between this determinant and RTD. CONCLUSION: A few papers studied association of social determinants of health (SDH) and RTD. There was an inverse relationship between education and RTD. The evidence for such an association between income, rural settlement, and marital state was scarce. Further investigations are recommended through original research. Journal compilation