The epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among 11-, 13- and 15-year old youth in 11 countries: findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey

On Behalf of The Hbsc Violence and Injury Writing Group

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The epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among 11-, 13- and 15-year old youth in 11 countries: findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey

On Behalf of The Hbsc Violence and Injury Writing Group

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Abstract

The primary objective was to present a cross-country comparison of injury rates, contexts and consequences. The research design was the analysis of data from the 1998 cross-national Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey and 52 955 schoolchildren from 11 countries, aged 11, 13 and 15 years, completed a self-administrated questionnaire. A total of 41.3% of all children were injured and needed medical treatment in the past 12 months. Injury rates among boys were higher than among girls, 13.3% reported activity loss due to injury and 6.9% reported severe injury consequences. Most injuries occurred at home and at a sport facility, mainly during sport activity. Fighting accounted for 4.1% of injuries. This paper presents the first cross-national comparison of injury rates and patterns by external cause and context. Findings present cross-country similarities in injury distribution by setting and activity. These findings emphasize the importance of the development of global prevention programmes designed to address injuries among youth.

Original language	Croatian
Pages (from-to)	205-211
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300600864421
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Funding

The international coordinator of the 1997/1998 study is Candace Currie, University of Edinburgh, Scotland; and the data bank manager is Bente Wold, University of Bergen, Norway. This publication of the 1997/1998 HBSC reports on data from the following countries (principal investigators at that time are given in parenthesis): Belgium-Flemish (Lea Maes), Canada (Alan King), England (Mary Hickman), Hungary (Anna Aszmann), Republic of Ireland (Saoirse Nic Gabhainn), Israel (Yossi Harel), Lithuania (Apolinaras Zaborskis), Poland (Barbara Woynarowska), Sweden (Ulla Marklund), Switzerland (Beatrice Janine Jacquat), United States (Mary Overpeck, Peter Scheidt),

Funders	Funder number
Apolinaras Zaborskis), Poland
Barbara Woynarowska
Beatrice Janine Jacquat
Yossi Harel), Lithuania
University of Edinburgh
Universitetet i Bergen

Keywords

Health
Injury
School

UN SDGs

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The epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among 11-, 13- and 15-year old youth in 11 countries: findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey. / On Behalf of The Hbsc Violence and Injury Writing Group.
In: International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2006, p. 205-211.

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