Social vulnerability indices: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social vulnerability occurs when the disadvantage conveyed by poor social conditions determines the degree to which one's life and livelihood are at risk from a particular and identifiable event in health, nature, or society. A common way to estimate social vulnerability is through an index aggregating social factors. This scoping review broadly aimed to map the literature on social vulnerability indices. Our main objectives were to characterize social vulnerability indices, understand the composition of social vulnerability indices, and describe how these indices are utilized in the literature.

Methods

A scoping review was conducted in six electronic databases to identify original research, published in English, French, Dutch, Spanish or Portuguese, and which add

SUBMITTER: Mah JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10304642 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature