TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - The Epidemiology of Finding a Dead Body: Reports from Inner-City Baltimore, Maryland US
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Latkin, Carl
A1  - Yang, Cui
A1  - Ehrhardt, Britt
A1  - Hulbert, Alicia
SP  - 106
EP  - 109
VL  - 49
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 "have you ever found a dead body?" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-012-9492-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -