The prevalence of intentional and unintentional injuries in selected Johannesburg housing settlements

dc.contributor.authorMendes, J.F.
dc.contributor.authorMathee, A.
dc.contributor.authorNaicker, N.
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Piet J.
dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, S.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-18T09:05:47Z
dc.date.available2017-10-18T09:05:47Z
dc.date.issued2011-11
dc.description.abstractIntentional and unintentional injuries were reported to be the second leading cause of Disability Adjusted Life Years in South Africa in 2000. We present household experiences of such injuries in 5 impoverished housing settlements in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. Data for this study were extracted from the database of the Health, Environment and Development (HEAD) project. The incidence of reported intentional injuries was determined to be double that of unintentional injuries. Households in the Hospital Hill and Riverlea settlements reported the highest prevalence of stabbing and gunshot incidents. We concluded that impoverished South African neighbourhoods bear a high burden of intentional injury; surveillance mechanisms are required to inform prevention strategies at an individual, a community and a societal level.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentClinical Epidemiologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.samj.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMendes, J.F., Mathee, A., Naicker, N., Becker, P. & Naidoo, S. 2011, 'The prevalence of intentional and unintentional injuries in selected Johannesburg housing settlements', South African Medical Journal, vol. 101, no. 11, pp. 835-838.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/62828
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 2011 Health & Medical Publishing Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0).en_ZA
dc.subjectIntentional injuriesen_ZA
dc.subjectSurveillance mechanismsen_ZA
dc.subjectPreventionen_ZA
dc.subjectUnintentional injuriesen_ZA
dc.subjectHousing settlementsen_ZA
dc.subjectJohannesburg, South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleThe prevalence of intentional and unintentional injuries in selected Johannesburg housing settlementsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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