@article{ref1,
title="Victims of gun shootings. A retrospective study of 36 spinal cord injured adolescents",
journal="Journal of Aolescent Health Care",
year="1989",
author="Weingarden, S. I. and Graham, P. M.",
volume="10",
number="6",
pages="534-536",
abstract="Interpersonal violence with a handgun is the primary cause of spinal cord injuries (SCI) among teenagers in the population served by the Southeastern Michigan Spinal Cord Injury System (SEMSCIS). As part of a community-wide effort to reduce the injury and death rate from acts of violence, SEMSCIS selected the victim, rather than the perpetrator or the sociocultural environment, as its segment of a prevention program. A retrospective study of demographic data, causal statements, medical information from the medical records of 36 injured adolescents, and telephone conversations with the victims identified &quot;risk taking&quot; as the pre-event behavior that had made them vulnerable to violence. This study led to the production of a powerful video, &quot;Wasted Dreams,&quot; in which disabled teenagers tell their peers about their injury and how to avoid becoming a victim.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0197-0070",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}