TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Trends in emergency department visits for nonfatal violence-related injuries among adolescents in the United States, 2009-2013
JO  - Journal of Adolescent Health
A1  - Bell, Teresa M.
A1  - Qiao, Nan
A1  - Jenkins, Peter C.
A1  - Siedlecki, Charles B.
A1  - Fecher, Alison M.
SP  - 573
EP  - 575
VL  - 58
IS  - 5
N2  - PURPOSE: Violence-related injuries are a major cause of death and disability among adolescents in the United States. The objective of this study was to examine trends in adolescent violence-related injuries between 2009 and 2013. <br><br>METHODS: This study examined data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program for years 2009-2013. Linear regression was used to assess trends in rates of violence-related injuries among adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years. <br><br>RESULTS: We found overall rates of nonfatal violence-related injuries among all adolescents did not change significantly across the study years (p =.502). However, self-harm injury rates have significantly increased among female and younger adolescents during the period (p =.001 and.011, respectively). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that the overall intentional injury rates in adolescents have been stable; however, rates of self-injury have significantly increased in younger adolescents and females. Future research should focus on exploring causes of increases in self-harm injuries in these subpopulations.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.12.016
ID  - ref1
ER  -