Socio-demographic and substance use characteristics of unintentional injuries among Nunavik youth

Beaulieu, E (通讯作者),Laval Univ, Ctr Mere Enfant Soleil, Dept Pediat, Chu Quebec, Quebec City, PQ, Canada.
2022-12-31
This study described the distribution of unintentional injuries among Inuit youth in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, and examined the relationship between socio-demographic factors, substance use and unintentional injuries. A cross-sectional study design was used on data collected for the Nunavik Child Development Study (2013-2015) among eligible youth aged 16 to 21 years old. Unintentional injury occurrence and causes (last 12 months) were assessed through individual interviews. A multivariate logistic regression model tested the relationship between socio-demographic, substance use variables and unintentional injury occurrence. Among the 199 youth who participated (94% response rate), thirty youth reported being unintentionally injured in the past 12 months , of which 50% were female. All-terrain vehicle collisions were the most frequent injuries reported (23%). The odds of being injured decreased by 62% for youth who were currently employed compared to those who were unemployed, adjusting for other socio-demographic variables (p-value = 0.04). Heavy alcohol drinking in the past 12 months was not significantly associated with unintentional injury. This study highlights the burden of unintentional injuries among Nunavik youth and the need for future work to explore additional and diverse variables that may prevent or contribute to injuries in order to inform culturally and developmentally-appropriate injury prevention strategies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CIRCUMPOLAR HEALTH
卷号:81|期号:1
ISSN:1239-9736|收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Laval University; Laval University; Laval University
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
1
2013以来使用计数
6
EISSN
2242-3982
出版年
2022-12-31
DOI
10.1080/22423982.2021.2012026
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Unintentional injury inuit adolescence youth