Violence-related injury in emergency departments in Brazil

Abstract

These results can improve understanding of the scope and characteristics of VRIs in Brazil (and thus contribute to national injury prevention efforts), and help identify areas for future research.

Does Beverage Type and Drinking Context Matter in an Alcohol-Related Injury? Evidence from Emergency Department Patients in Latin America.

“…These results suggest that the drinking setting might be an important variable in predicting the occurrence of all-cause injuries in the LAC region, and not only for specific causes as has been previously reported for this region (Hijar et al, 2002;Gawryszewski et al, 2008). It is also possible that alcohol-related injuries which occur in private places such as at home might be less likely to result in a visit to the ED due to social stigma, cultural reasons, or access barriers to health services than injuries in public settings.…”

“…There is also evidence that the place where the injury occurs is related to both injury type and beverage choice (Hijar et al, 2002;Norström, 2002;Gawryszewski et al, 2008). However, no studies report cross-national comparisons of the association between alcohol and injuries taking into account the drinking context (defined here as all social-contextual factors involved in a given drinking session such as the place where an alcohol-related injury occurred) and beverage type across all injury types.…”

The burden of childhood injuries and evidence based strategies developed using the injury surveillance system in Pasto, Colombia

“…Poisoning was a common method for non-fatal attempts for a self inflicted injury, which has been reported in other places,20 21 while hanging was a common method among those who died from a self inflicted injury. Adolescence is a difficult transition period in the lives of many young people, and there are many factors that can trigger a suicide attempt (eg, ending of a relationship, difficulties experienced in school or with peers or finding employment, experiencing a traumatic event) 22.…”

Perfil epidemiológico do atendimento por violência nos serviços públicos de urgência e emergência em capitais brasileiras, Viva 2014

“…The percentages of violence with victims that had consumed alcohol, which was higher at the weekends, indicate that this is an important risk factor for violent events. This same factor also refers to the aggres-sor, as amply described in the literature 10,34,30,35 . The high number of occurrences of aggression in bars also suggests the relation between alcohol and violence.…”