Parental social determinants of risk for intentional injury: a cross-sectional study of Swedish adolescents

TY - JOUR

T1 - Parental social determinants of risk for intentional injury: a cross-sectional study of Swedish adolescents

AU - Engström, Karin

AU - Diderichsen, Finn

AU - Laflamme, Lucie

N1 - Keywords: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Psychology; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Needs Assessment; Occupations; Parents; Population Density; Population Surveillance; Registries; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Self-Injurious Behavior; Social Class; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; Sweden; Violence

PY - 2004

Y1 - 2004

N2 - OBJECTIVES: We investigated the effect of family social and economic circumstances on intentional injury among adolescents. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional register study of youths aged 10 to 19 years who lived in Sweden between 1990 and 1994. We used socioeconomic status, number of parents in the household (1- or 2-parent home), receipt of welfare benefits, parental country of birth, and population density as exposures and compiled relative risks and population-attributable risks (PARs) for self-inflicted and interpersonal violence-related injury. RESULTS: For both genders and for both injury types, receipt of welfare benefits showed the largest crude and net relative risks and the highest PARs. The socioeconomic status-related PAR for self-inflicted injury and the PAR related to number of parents in the household for interpersonal violence-related injury also were high. CONCLUSIONS: Intentional-injury prevention and victim treatment need to be tailored to household social circumstances.

AB - OBJECTIVES: We investigated the effect of family social and economic circumstances on intentional injury among adolescents. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional register study of youths aged 10 to 19 years who lived in Sweden between 1990 and 1994. We used socioeconomic status, number of parents in the household (1- or 2-parent home), receipt of welfare benefits, parental country of birth, and population density as exposures and compiled relative risks and population-attributable risks (PARs) for self-inflicted and interpersonal violence-related injury. RESULTS: For both genders and for both injury types, receipt of welfare benefits showed the largest crude and net relative risks and the highest PARs. The socioeconomic status-related PAR for self-inflicted injury and the PAR related to number of parents in the household for interpersonal violence-related injury also were high. CONCLUSIONS: Intentional-injury prevention and victim treatment need to be tailored to household social circumstances.

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 15054018

SN - 0090-0036

VL - 94

SP - 640

EP - 645

JO - American Journal of Public Health

JF - American Journal of Public Health

IS - 4

ER -