SynthesisDrug and alcohol review2012
A review of emergency room studies on alcohol and injuries conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean region.
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16 citing papers in PubMed.
- Does beverage type and drinking context matter in an alcohol-related injury? Evidence from emergency department patients in Latin America.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2014Trial
- Population-Level Alcohol Consumption and Homicide Rates in Latin America: A Fixed Effects Panel Analysis, 1961-2019.The British journal of criminology · 2024Article
- Reducing the incidence and mortality of traumatic brain injury in Latin America.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Review
- The association between the time of alcohol drinking and injury risk in Thailand: a cross-sectional emergency department study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Acute and mixed alcohol intoxications in asylum seekers presenting to an urban emergency department in Switzerland.BMC public health · 2019Article
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- Drinking context and cause of injury: Emergency department studies from 22 countries.Journal of substance use · 2018Article
- Alcohol and Road Traffic Injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Case-Crossover Study.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2017Article
- Comparison of Epidemiology of the Injuries and Outcomes in Two First-Level Trauma Centers in Colombia Using the Pan-American Trauma Registry System.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
- Type and Context of Alcohol-Related Injury among Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments in a Caribbean Country.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Alcohol use among fatally injured victims in São Paulo, Brazil: bridging the gap between research and health services in developing countries.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Article
- Cross-sectional data on alcohol and marijuana use and sexual behavior among male and female secondary school students in New Providence, The Bahamas.International journal of adolescent medicine and health · 2016Article
- Time for a regional alcohol policy - A literature review of the burden of normative alcohol use in the Caribbean.Journal of public health policy · 2015Review
- Accessibility of Catering Service Venues and Adolescent Drinking in Beijing, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
- Evaluating recall bias in a case-crossover design estimating risk of injury related to alcohol: data from six countries.Drug and alcohol review · 2013Article
- Public Health Measures and Prevention of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyReview
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Abstract
issuesAlcohol-attributable burden of injury is one of the most serious public health problems in Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC). Although knowledge on alcohol's involvement in injuries has progressed along with the implementation of evidenced-based alcohol policies in developed countries, this was not true for the most part of LAC countries for which reducing alcohol-related injuries is an urgent necessity. APPROACH: A systematic review was performed in order to identify the most up-to-date information on alcohol and injuries derived from emergency room (ER) studies conducted in LAC. KEY
findingsFindings corroborate that alcohol has a high prevalence among injured patients in the ER setting in LAC, with violence-related injuries showing an increased association with alcohol use compared to unintentional injuries. However, a large number of studies did not include all types of injury and the measurement of injury risk associated with alcohol consumption. The amount of alcohol consumed in the event and hazardous drinking patterns seem to be strongly associated with injury occurrence, as well as drinking in public spaces, but a paucity of data relating to social-contextual factors limits the interpretation of the heterogeneity in the magnitude of the association of alcohol and injuries found across studies.
conclusionsThere is a lack of ER studies able to support strategies to reduce alcohol-related injuries in a region where effective alcohol policies are scant. Future research should focus on understanding how drinking influenced by local contexts and drinking behaviours may affect the risk of injury within each LAC country.
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