Injuries among adolescents in Greenland: behavioural and socio-economic correlates among a nationally representative sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injuries are among the most important threats to adolescent health, making examination of the patterns and risk factors a critical area of research. There exists a paucity of information on the health and injury experience of school-attending adolescents in Greenland. Consenting Greenlandic schoolchildren (n = 2,254) aged 9-19 years were included in the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study 2005/2006. The aim of this study was to examine the socio-economic and behavioural correlates that were associated with injury occurrence among school-attending Greenlandic adolescents.

Methods

This study made use of two multinomial regression models to examine injury occurrence regarding potential influencing factors such as physical activity, risk behaviours, b

SUBMITTER: Jansen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7034370 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature