نتایج جستجو برای: morbidity violence
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the relative extent of crime against people with severe mental illness (SMI). AIMS To assess the prevalence and impact of crime among people with SMI compared with the general population. METHOD A total of 361 psychiatric patients were interviewed using the national crime survey questionnaire, and findings compared with those from 3138 general population con...
BACKGROUND Violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa and needs to be researched from a public health perspective. Typically in violence research, socioeconomic position is used in the analysis to control for confounding. Social epidemiology approaches this variable as a primary determinant of interest and is used in this research to better understand the aetiology o...
BACKGROUND Following the contested national elections in 2007, violence occurred throughout Kenya. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence, characteristics, and health consequences of the 2007-2008 election-related violence. METHODS A cross-sectional, national, population-based cluster survey of 956 Kenyan adults aged ≥ 18 years was conducted in Kenya in September 2011 utiliz...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although community violence may influence asthma morbidity by increasing stress, no study has assessed exposure to gun violence and childhood asthma. We examined whether exposure to gun violence is associated with asthma in children, particularly in those reporting fear of leaving their home. METHODS Case-control study of 466 children aged 9-14 years with (n = 234) a...
In the United States, rising trends in asthma prevalence and severity, which disproportionately impact minorities and the urban poor, have not been fully explained by traditional physical environmental risk factors. Exigencies of inner-city living can increase psychosocial risk factors (e.g., stress) that confer increased asthma morbidity. In the United States, chronic exposure to violence is a...
OBJECTIVES The two objectives were: (1) to identify, appraise and synthesise research that is relevant to selected UK National Screening Committee (NSC) criteria for a screening programme in relation to partner violence; and (2) to judge whether current evidence fulfils selected NSC criteria for the implementation of screening for partner violence in health-care settings. DATA SOURCES Fourtee...
This article analyzes complaints of violence against children and the procedures subsequent to their filing. The methodology, largely qualitative, was two-pronged, involving an analysis of data from the year 1990 from the police precincts in Program Areas 1 and 5 in the city of Rio de Janeiro and a discussion on the follow-up of complaints five years after the events. The conclusion was that mo...
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