@article{ref1,
title="Adolescents as victims of familial violence: a hospital based surveillance",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2007",
author="Saluja, G. and Marquez, V. and Cheng, Tina L. and Trumble, A. and Brenner, Ruth A.",
volume="14",
number="1",
pages="19-23",
abstract="Adolescent abuse is an important and understudied issue in society. The objective of this study was to examine the epidemiology of physical injuries due to maltreatment among adolescents aged 10-19 years. Subjects came from seven hospitals/trauma centres in Washington DC that were involved in the Washington DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality and Prevention of Childhood Injuries Study. From 1996-1998, information was gathered about all injuries to adolescents aged 10-19 years that resulted in a visit to a participating emergency department. This paper focuses on the subset 178 adolescents aged 10-19 years who presented with physical injuries due to maltreatment. It was found that 55% of victims of abuse were female. Abuse victims were more likely to be female than those with unintentional injury. The most common injuries were contusions to the extremities (29%). Mothers were the most common perpetrators (48%). A total of 64% of victims were assaulted with an object/weapon and the most common object used was a belt. There are some similarities and some important differences between patterns of maltreatment in adolescents vs. younger children. Increased awareness of maltreatment among older children is a critical step in increasing and improving screening and prevention practices among health-care professionals.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}