Observational studyPediatrics2014
Characteristics of youth seeking emergency care for assault injuries.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- United States Emergency Department Screening for Drug Use Among Assault-Injured Individuals: A Systematic Review.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2022Pooled it
- A remote brief intervention plus social media messaging for cannabis use among emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial in emergency department patients.Addictive behaviors · 2023Trial
- Translating Violence Prevention Programs from Research to Practice: SafERteens Implementation in an Urban Emergency Department.The Journal of emergency medicine · 2022Trial
- Piloting a brief intervention plus mobile boosters for drug use among emerging adults receiving emergency department care.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- An adapted brief negotiation interview for alcohol and cannabis use among assault-injured emerging adults: A randomized pilot trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Distinguishing a drug use disorder from drug use in a high-risk sample of youth: A random forest classification and explanatory analysis.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Individual and Community level Developmental Adversities: Associations with Marijuana and Alcohol Use in Late-Adolescents and Young Adults.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Experiencing violence and other predictors of within-person same-day use of multiple substances in youth: a longitudinal study in emergency settings.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2024Article
- Characteristics and neighborhood-level opportunity of assault-injured children in Milwaukee.Injury epidemiology · 2023Article
- A Technology-Enhanced Intervention for Violence and Substance Use Prevention Among Young Black Men: Protocol for Adaptation and Pilot Testing.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Retaliatory attitudes as mediator of exposure to violence and firearm aggression among youth: The protective role of organized activity involvement.Developmental psychology · 2022Article
- Baseline brain and behavioral factors distinguish adolescent substance initiators and non-initiators at follow-up.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Assault-injured youth in the emergency centres of Khayelitsha, South Africa: A prospective study of recidivism and mortality.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2021Article
- Justice System Involvement Among Adolescents in the Emergency Department.The Journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Examining Same-Day Associations Between Cannabis Use Motives and Condom Use in Urban Emerging Adults: A Brief Report.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2021Article
- Medical Treatment Following Violence Exposure in a National Sample of Children and Youth.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Within-Person Variability in Firearm Carriage Among High-Risk Youth.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Resilience in adolescence: Prospective Self moderates the association of early life adversity with externalizing problems.Journal of adolescence · 2020Article
- Daily patterns of substance use and violence among a high-risk urban emerging adult sample: Results from the Flint Youth Injury Study.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
- Trajectories of Driving after Drinking among Marijuana-Using Youth in the Emergency Department: Substance Use, Mental Health, and Peer and Parental Influences.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo characterize youth seeking care for assault injuries, the context of violence, and previous emergency department (ED) service utilization to inform ED-based injury prevention.
methodsA consecutive sample of youth (14-24) presenting to an urban ED with an assault injury completed a survey of partner violence, gun/knife victimization, gang membership, and context of the fight.
resultsA total of 925 youth entered the ED with an assault injury; 718 completed the survey (15.4% refused); 730 comparison youth were sampled. The fights leading to the ED visit occurred at home (37.6%) or on streets (30.4%), and were commonly with a known person (68.3%). Fights were caused by issues of territory (23.3%) and retaliation (8.9%); 20.8% of youth reported substance use before the fight. The assault-injured group reported more peer/partner violence and more gun experiences. Assault-injured youth reported higher past ED utilization for assault (odds ratio [OR]: 2.16) or mental health reasons (OR: 7.98). Regression analysis found the assault-injured youth had more frequent weapon use (OR: 1.25) and substance misuse (OR: 1.41).
conclusionsAssault-injured youth seeking ED care report higher levels of previous violence, weapon experience, and substance use compared with a comparison group seeking care for other complaints. Almost 10% of assault-injured youth had another fight-related ED visit in the previous year, and ~5% had an ED visit for mental health. Most fights were with people known to them and for well-defined reasons, and were therefore likely preventable. The ED is a critical time to interact with youth to prevent future morbidity.
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