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ReviewBMJ global health2023

Using parallel geocoding to analyse the spatial characteristics of road traffic injury occurrences across Lagos, Nigeria.

Avirut Mehta, Dohyeong Kim, Nicholas Allo, Aina Olufemi Odusola, Chenchita Malolan, Fiemu E Nwariaku

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Avirut MehtaSchool of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA.
Dohyeong KimSchool of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA dohyeong.kim@utdallas.edu.
Nicholas AlloVisual Earth Group, London, UK.
Aina Olufemi OdusolaLagos Health Service Commission, Lagos, Nigeria.
Chenchita MalolanUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Fiemu E NwariakuSpencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Funding

Partnerships to Develop Injury Research Capacity in Sub-Saharan AfricaD43TW010463 · FIC · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI IDRIS, AHAMED H, NWARIAKU, FIEMU E. · 2016 to 2021
$1.2M
Reducing the Burden of Road Traffic- Associated Mortality using Mobile TechnologyR21TW010991 · FIC · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI KIM, DOHYEONG, NWARIAKU, FIEMU E. · 2019 to 2020
$428k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010463FIC NIH HHS R21 TW010991
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While efforts to understand and mitigate road traffic injury (RTI) occurrence have long been underway in high-income countries, similar projects in low/middle-income countries (LMICs) are frequently hindered by institutional and informational obstacles. Technological advances in geospatial analysis provide a pathway to overcome a subset of these barriers, and in doing so enable researchers to create actionable insights in the pursuit of mitigating RTI-associated negative health outcomes. This analysis develops a parallel geocoding workflow to improve investigation of low-fidelity datasets common in LMICs. Subsequently, this workflow is applied to and evaluated on an RTI dataset from Lagos State, Nigeria, minimising positional error in geocoding by incorporating outputs from four commercially available geocoders. The concordance between outputs from these geocoders is evaluated, and spatial visualisations are generated to provide insight into the distribution of RTI occurrence within the analysis region. This study highlights the implications of geospatial data analysis in LMICs facilitated by modern technologies on health resource allocation, and ultimately, patient outcomes.

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Geographic MappingIncomeHealth ResourcesHumansNigeriaepidemiologygeographic information systemshealth policyinjurypublic health

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PMID37217236
PMCPMC10230918

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