Citation

Desapriya EBR, Fujiwara T, Verma P, Babul S, Pike I. Asia Pac. J. Public Health 2011; 23(6): 1005-1020.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1010539510361787

PMID

20460293

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is an overwhelmingly high incidence of severe injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) among Aboriginal Canadians as compared with the general population. METHODS: . The authors obtained MVC data for a 3-year period, 2003-2005, from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) for collisions occurring on on-reserve roads (n = 1270) together with a randomly selected sample of MVCs from off-reserve roads (n = 1270) in Saskatchewan. They compared the collision characteristics using bivariate and multiple logistic regressions. RESULTS: . On-reserve MVCs were more likely to include multiple collisions and result in severe injuries than the off-reserve sample. A number of factors were significantly related to the increased risk of on-reserve collisions as compared with the reference group for each variable. Interpretation. Factors from all 3 levels (human, environmental, and vehicle factors) are associated with on-reserve MVCs.

Language: en