Repeat Assault Injury Among Adolescents Utilizing Emergency Care: A Statewide Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Violent injuries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among youths. Little is known about adolescents' patterns of and risk factors for repeat assault injuries, yet understanding who is at risk for repeated assaults is important for intervention and prevention efforts. Investigating these questions in population-based adolescent samples is particularly critical.

Objective

Our aim was to estimate the 5-year cumulative incidence of and risk factors for repeat emergency department (ED) visits for assault injury among adolescents experiencing an index assault visit, and compare the method of injury for adolescents' first and second visits.

Methods

Statewide, longitudinal data from California were used to follow 17,845 adolescents who reported to an ED

SUBMITTER: Kwan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702071 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature