@article{ref1,
title="The Epidemiology of Finding a Dead Body: Reports from Inner-City Baltimore, Maryland US",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2013",
author="Latkin, Carl and Yang, Cui and Ehrhardt, Britt and Hulbert, Alicia",
volume="49",
number="1",
pages="106-109",
abstract="In the US, there are no national statistics on encountering a dead body, which can be viewed as a measure of community health and a stressful life event. Participants for an HIV prevention intervention targeting drug users were recruited in areas of inner-city Baltimore, Maryland. Nine hundred and fifty-one respondents, most with a history of drug use, were asked &quot;have you ever found a dead body?&quot; and 17.0% reported they had. Leading causes of death were: violence (37%), natural causes (22.2%), drug overdose (21.6%), accidental death (3.1%), and suicide (2.5%). In multivariate logistic models, respondents with longer history of drug use and more roles in a drug economy were more likely to be exposed to a dead body. The study results suggest that this population has a high level of experiences with mortality associated with violence and drugs. To obtain a better understanding of community health, future studies should assess not only morbidity and mortality, but also how death and illness is experienced by the community.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-012-9492-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-012-9492-3"
}