@article{ref1,
title="Screening adolescents in the emergency department for weapon carriage",
journal="Academic emergency medicine",
year="2010",
author="Cunningham, Rebecca M. and Resko, Stella M. and Harrison, Stephanie Roahen and Zimmerman, Marc and Stanley, Rachel and Chermack, Stephen T. and Walton, Maureen A. L.",
volume="17",
number="2",
pages="168-176",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The objective was to describe the prevalence and correlates of past-year weapon involvement among adolescents seeking care in an inner-city emergency department (ED). METHODS: This cross-sectional study administered a computerized survey to all eligible adolescents (age 14-18 years), 7 days a week, who were seeking care over an 18-month period at an inner-city Level 1 ED. Validated measures were administered, including measures of demographics, sexual activity, substance use, injury, violent behavior, weapon carriage, and/or weapon use. Zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) regression models were used to identify correlates of the occurrence and past-year frequency of these weapons variables. RESULTS: Adolescents (n = 2069, 86% response rate) completed the computerized survey. Fifty-five percent were female; 56.5% were African American. In the past year, 20% of adolescents reported knife or razor carriage, 7% reported gun carriage, and 6% pulled a knife or gun on someone. Although gun carriage was more frequent among males, females were as likely to carry a knife or pull a weapon in the past year. CONCLUSIONS: One-fifth of all adolescents seeking care in this inner-city ED have carried a weapon. Understanding weapon carriage among teens seeking ED care is a critical first step to future ED-based injury prevention initiatives.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1069-6563",
doi="10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00639.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00639.x"
}