TY - JOUR
T1 - Transport and health equity, social inclusion and exclusion
AU - Macleod, Kara
AU - Kamruzzaman, Liton
AU - Musselwhite, Charles
N1 - Funding Information:
In the US, less attention has been paid to licensing as a transport barrier (Joyce et al., 2019) Unpaid fines and fees can lead to license suspensions. “Individual and Geographic Variation in Driver's License Suspensions: Evidence of Disparities by Race, Ethnicity and Income”, compared drivers and their residential neighbourhood by suspension status (driving-related, non-driving-related and no). The authors found that a majority of New Jersey license suspensions were non-driving-related. In addition, non-driving-related suspended drivers lived in lower SES neighbourhoods and neighbourhoods with a higher proportion of black and Hispanic residents compared to drivers with a driving-related suspension or no suspension. These neighbourhoods also tended to have better walkability and accessibility to public transport and jobs (Joyce et al., 2020).
PY - 2022/11/25
Y1 - 2022/11/25
N2 - As articulated in the very first issue of the Journal of Transport & Health, the journal is dedicated to understanding how transport affects health and inequalities with the intention to learn from a range of countries and experiences (Mindell, 2014). To specifically highlight current barriers and opportunities towards advancing health equity, we planned this special issue: “Health equity, social inclusion, and mobility”. In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic put health equity and mobility at the forefront as hypermobility played a role in the spread of COVID-19 and early lock-downs and reduced mobility helped slow the spread of disease in some locations (Musselwhite et al., 2020, 2021). Disparities in health equity, social inclusion and mobility identified in transport and health were further revealed during the pandemic.
AB - As articulated in the very first issue of the Journal of Transport & Health, the journal is dedicated to understanding how transport affects health and inequalities with the intention to learn from a range of countries and experiences (Mindell, 2014). To specifically highlight current barriers and opportunities towards advancing health equity, we planned this special issue: “Health equity, social inclusion, and mobility”. In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic put health equity and mobility at the forefront as hypermobility played a role in the spread of COVID-19 and early lock-downs and reduced mobility helped slow the spread of disease in some locations (Musselwhite et al., 2020, 2021). Disparities in health equity, social inclusion and mobility identified in transport and health were further revealed during the pandemic.
KW - Transport
KW - Health
KW - Inequality
KW - Disadvantage
KW - equal opportunities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142789672&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101543
DO - 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101543
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85142789672
SN - 2214-1405
VL - 27
JO - Journal of Transport & Health
JF - Journal of Transport & Health
M1 - 101543
ER -
