Emergency Department‐Attended Injuries Resulting from School‐Based Violence in Baltimore Adolescents, 2019‐2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21354695 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Creason Walter (0000-0002-7568-0368, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD, corresponding author), Mattea Miller (0000-0001-5649-9996, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD), Vanya Jones (0000-0002-9048-0102, Health, Behavior, & Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD), Leticia Manning Ryan (0000-0003-3603-8652, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore MD) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 219-225 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of School Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4391 • E-ISSN: 1746-1561 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/josh.13288 |
| PMID | 36426581 |
| OpenAlex | W4310047300 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
BACKGROUND: Our objective is to describe violence-related injuries to early adolescents that occurred at school, resulting in emergency department (ED) evaluation. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study at an urban academic pediatric ED in Baltimore, MD, identified patients 10-15 years old who presented with an injury from intentional, interpersonal violence that occurred at school between January 2019-December 2020. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize patient and event characteristics. RESULTS: Of 819 youth 10-15 years of age evaluated for a violence-related injury, school was the location in 115 cases (14.0%). All events occurred prior to the statewide stay at home order (March 30, 2020). School-injured youth had a mean age of 12.7 ± 1.7 years and were predominantly male (64.3%). Of the 115 cases, 75 (65.2%) involved an altercation with a peer, 26 (22.6%) involved a teacher or school staff, 6 (5.2%) involved a family member, 1 (0.9%) involved police, 6 (5.2%) involved an unknown party, and 1 (0.9%) involved an unrelated but known adult. All injured youth were discharged from the ED. CONCLUSIONS: School-based violence is a well-recognized cause of traumatic injuries to adolescents and may involve peers, teachers, or school staff.
Cohort · Emergency department · Family medicine · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Retrospective cohort study · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Surgery · Pediatrics
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |