RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Truancy and injury-related mortality
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 57
OP 59
DO 10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041276
VO 21
IS 1
A1 Amy Bailey
A1 Gregory R Istre
A1 Carrie Nie
A1 Janis Evans
A1 Reade Quinton
A1 Shelli Stephens-Stidham
YR 2015
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/21/1/57.abstract
AB Truancy has well-documented short-term and long-term consequences, but there are few studies that look at its impact on injury-related mortality. This study evaluated the rate of injury-related mortality for 2006–2010 among youth (11–17 years old) with a history of severe truancy compared with youth without such history. There were 168 injury-related deaths (51 homicide, 29 suicide and 88 unintentional injury deaths) among youth in Dallas County. Fifteen of these deaths were among youth with a history of severe truancy. Injury-related mortality was more than five times higher among youth with history of severe truancy compared with youth without such history. Youth with a history of severe truancy have an increased risk of injury-related death. Further research may be warranted to evaluate the part of less severe levels of truancy on mortality and to study the effectiveness of truancy intervention programmes on the risk of death from injuries.