Vision Zero SF Injury Prevention Research (VZIPR) Collaborative
VZIPR’s efforts have resulted in a comprehensive Transportation-related Injury Surveillance System (TISS)linking hospital, police, emergency response and other data for more accurate, coordinated and timely monitoring of transportation-related injuries and deaths. In turn, these data support safety project prioritization, evaluation and monitoring. A pilot of the system linking 2013-2015 data was completed in early 2017 and is now being utilized to inform targeted Vision Zero efforts. San Francisco was the first city in the country to use the linked and mapped data to update its Vision Zero High Injury Network. The network identifies high injury corridors - the 13% of city streets where 75% of severe and fatal injuries are concentrated - where targeted Vision Zero investments can help save lives and reduce severe injuries. VZIPR works closely with City agencies and community stakeholders to identify and address emerging research needs in support of Vision Zero SF. Recent projects by VZIPR include an analysis of injuries to seniors and people with disabilities that is helping inform proactive injury improvements for those vulnerable populations; an analysis of the medical costs of transportation-related injury in San Francisco currently under peer review; and a predictive model of cyclist injuries at intersections, developed using machine learning and regression techniques, also under peer review. Current VZIPR efforts to implement data systems to better track injuries from emerging mobility modes – such as powered scooters – were recently covered by the New York Times. Recent PublicationsVersion 1.0, San Francisco, California January 2019 By: Vision Zero SF Injury Prevention Research Collaborative For more informationShamsi Soltani Rebecca Plevin, MD
San Francisco Wraparound Project
Interpersonal violent injury is now pervasive in the United States, and trauma centers stand on the front lines of the epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control WISQARS reports, homicide was responsible for 17,357 deaths in 2004. This represents over 565,000 potential life years lost, giving credence to the concern that interpersonal violence disproportionately affects our young people. Disadvantaged minority populations are disproportionately represented in this devastation. Homicide is the number one cause of death in African Americans aged 10-24 years old and number two amongst Hispanics. Fatalities from assault represent the tip of the iceberg; non-fatal injuries are believed to outnumber fatal injuries on the order of one hundred to one. Trauma centers, including San Francisco General Hospital, often typify the "revolving door" phenomenon: for many young individuals who are assaulted, over 300 each year at our hospital, violent injury is not a one-time event. Injury recidivists constitute between 10 and 45% of all violence-related admissions nationwide. Many violently injured youth and young adults have a record of criminal activity but are not provided "reentry" opportunities in a like manner to the criminal justice system. For many of these individuals, they are not ushered towards these opportunities simply because they ended up on the wrong end of the weapon. In addition, physical rehabilitation is provided in the aftermath of injury, however, providing services to reduce or eliminate risk factors associated with violent injury and criminal activity are not traditionally offered upon hospital discharge. San Francisco Injury Center for Research and Prevention (SFIC)
The SFIC is a center without walls - bringing together multidisciplinary faculty investigators from throughout the UCSF campus and beyond. The resulting collaborative efforts in laboratory research, clinical trials and injury prevention research have the potential to improve outcomes for victims of trauma in our region and to influence the field of injury control on a global basis. |