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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/0740-5472(94)00086-7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1016/0740-5472(94)00086-7</a>
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75–83
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12
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Alcohol, drugs, and urban violence in a small city trauma center.
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Journal of substance abuse treatment
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1995
1995-04
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*Psychotropic Drugs; *Street Drugs; Adult; African Americans/statistics & numerical data; Alcoholism/complications/*epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; European Continental Ancestry Group/statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Multiple Trauma/*epidemiology/prevention & control; Multivariate Analysis; Ohio/epidemiology; Risk Factors; Social Environment; Substance-Related Disorders/complications/*epidemiology; Trauma Centers/statistics & numerical data; Urban Population/*statistics & numerical data; Violence/prevention & control/*statistics & numerical data
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Buss T F; Abdu R; Walker J R
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Substance abuse and urban trauma go hand in hand. But research focuses on large cities served by major academic medical centers. Do small cities face the same problems? Two hundred thirty-three urban trauma inpatients from a metro area of 250,000 were studied using patient interviews and medical records. As in large cities, one half used alcohol or drugs when attacked. Seventy percent were likely to be young, male, poor African-Americans. Only 3% were gang members, but demographic characteristics failed to explain substance abuse as they have for larger cities. A culture of violence pervades the small city, as it does in large urban ghettos. Two fifths were repeat urban trauma victims. Two fifths witnessed assaults in the past year. One third carried a knife or gun. Fifteen percent used a weapon on another person in the last year. Contextual variables, like being hurt in a bar, were related to drinking and drugs. The best predictor of present substance abuse and urban trauma was medical history of substance abuse. The need for (a) toxicology screens for all trauma victims, (b) referrals to substance abuse programs, (c) targeting at-risk populations for prevention, and (d) eliminating environments fostering violence and substance abuse is supported.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/0740-5472(94)00086-7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/0740-5472(94)00086-7</a>
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*Psychotropic Drugs
*Street Drugs
1995
Abdu R
Adult
African Americans/statistics & numerical data
Alcoholism/complications/*epidemiology
Buss T F
Cross-Sectional Studies
European Continental Ancestry Group/statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Incidence
Journal of substance abuse treatment
Male
Multiple Trauma/*epidemiology/prevention & control
Multivariate Analysis
Ohio/epidemiology
Risk Factors
Social Environment
Substance-Related Disorders/complications/*epidemiology
Trauma Centers/statistics & numerical data
Urban Population/*statistics & numerical data
Violence/prevention & control/*statistics & numerical data
Walker J R