Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites

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dc.contributor.authorFlisher, Alan J
dc.contributor.authorWard, Catherine L
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Holan
dc.contributor.authorOnya, Handsome
dc.contributor.authorMlisa, Nomfundo
dc.contributor.authorTerblanche, Susan
dc.contributor.authorBhama, Susan
dc.contributor.authorParry, Charles D H
dc.contributor.authorLombard, Carl J
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-17T13:03:01Z
dc.date.available2017-03-17T13:03:01Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.updated2016-01-07T09:24:14Z
dc.description.abstractObjectives. To document and compare prevalence rates of adolescent injury-related risk behaviours at six sites in South Africa. Design. The identical self-administered instrument was used at all sites. Prevalence rates (with 95% confidence intervals) were calculated taking the multistage cluster sampling strategy into account. Setting and subjects. In Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Mankweng participants were drawn from either grades 8 or 9, and grade 11, while in Queenstown and Umtata they were drawn from grade 11 only. We selected 39 schools in Cape Town and Durban, 33 in Port Elizabeth and 20 in each of the rural areas. Outcome measures. Road-related risk behaviour, violence, and suicide attempts. Results. Across the sites there were high rates of risk behaviour in all domains. For example, in the 12 months preceding the survey an estimated 52.8% of grade 11 males in Cape Town had travelled in the front seat of a motor vehicle without a seatbelt, 33.0% of grade 8 males in Mankweng had bullied others, while 44.5% of the same group had been bullied, and 18.6% of females in Port Elizabeth had attempted suicide. Rates were lower in rural areas for behaviour involving motor vehicles, but there were no consistent urban-rural findings for violence-related behaviour. Females were at higher risk of suicidal behaviour and males were at higher risk of other injury-related behaviour. Conclusions. There is a need for effective interventions to reduce the extent of injury-related risk behaviour in adolescents in urban and rural settings.
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.1257
dc.identifier.apacitationFlisher, A. J., Ward, C. L., Liang, H., Onya, H., Mlisa, N., Terblanche, S., ... Lombard, C. J. (2006). Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites. <i>South African Medical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24061en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFlisher, Alan J, Catherine L Ward, Holan Liang, Handsome Onya, Nomfundo Mlisa, Susan Terblanche, Susan Bhama, Charles D H Parry, and Carl J Lombard "Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites." <i>South African Medical Journal</i> (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24061en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFlisher, A., Ward, C., Liang, H., Onya, H., Mlisa, N., Terblanche, S., Bhama, A., Parry, C., & Lombard, C. (2008). Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites. South African Medical Journal, 96(9), 825.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Flisher, Alan J AU - Ward, Catherine L AU - Liang, Holan AU - Onya, Handsome AU - Mlisa, Nomfundo AU - Terblanche, Susan AU - Bhama, Susan AU - Parry, Charles D H AU - Lombard, Carl J AB - Objectives. To document and compare prevalence rates of adolescent injury-related risk behaviours at six sites in South Africa. Design. The identical self-administered instrument was used at all sites. Prevalence rates (with 95% confidence intervals) were calculated taking the multistage cluster sampling strategy into account. Setting and subjects. In Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Mankweng participants were drawn from either grades 8 or 9, and grade 11, while in Queenstown and Umtata they were drawn from grade 11 only. We selected 39 schools in Cape Town and Durban, 33 in Port Elizabeth and 20 in each of the rural areas. Outcome measures. Road-related risk behaviour, violence, and suicide attempts. Results. Across the sites there were high rates of risk behaviour in all domains. For example, in the 12 months preceding the survey an estimated 52.8% of grade 11 males in Cape Town had travelled in the front seat of a motor vehicle without a seatbelt, 33.0% of grade 8 males in Mankweng had bullied others, while 44.5% of the same group had been bullied, and 18.6% of females in Port Elizabeth had attempted suicide. Rates were lower in rural areas for behaviour involving motor vehicles, but there were no consistent urban-rural findings for violence-related behaviour. Females were at higher risk of suicidal behaviour and males were at higher risk of other injury-related behaviour. Conclusions. There is a need for effective interventions to reduce the extent of injury-related risk behaviour in adolescents in urban and rural settings. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites TI - Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24061 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/24061
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFlisher AJ, Ward CL, Liang H, Onya H, Mlisa N, Terblanche S, et al. Injury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites. South African Medical Journal. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24061.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Healthen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Medical Journal
dc.source.urihttp://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj
dc.titleInjury-related behaviour among South African high-school students at six sites
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