TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Adolescents as victims of familial violence: a hospital based surveillance
JO  - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
A1  - Saluja, G.
A1  - Marquez, V.
A1  - Cheng, Tina L.
A1  - Trumble, A.
A1  - Brenner, Ruth A.
SP  - 19
EP  - 23
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1745-7300
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -