The Validity of Injury Surveillance System Measures of Assault: A Lesson from the Study of Violence in Alaska

Autor/in	Wood, Darryl S.
Titel	The Validity of Injury Surveillance System Measures of Assault: A Lesson from the Study of Violence in Alaska
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25 (2010) 2, S.219-241 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260509334398
Schlagwörter	Alaska Natives; Injuries; Patients; Violence; Measurement Techniques; Racial Differences; Individual Characteristics; Bias; Comparative Analysis; Hospitals; Validity; Research Methodology; Public Health; Crime; Interpersonal Relationship; Victims of Crime + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inuit; Patient; Gewalt; Messtechnik; Rassenunterschied; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Gültigkeit; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Gesundheitswesen; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen
Abstract	This article considers the validity of estimates of intentional violence using a statewide injury recording system: the Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR). One benefit of using data from an injury surveillance system is that its records are generated without police involvement, thereby reducing the likelihood of undercounting. However, there is reason to suspect that measures of violence derived from injury surveillance systems do not accurately measure underlying levels of assault in a population and are instead partly a reflection of influential patient characteristics. The ATR was used to compare assault injury cases of Alaska Natives with those of non-Natives to determine if patient characteristics varied between racial groups and to determine if those characteristics served to bias comparisons of injury rates. Results indicate that differences in assault injury rates are partly attributable to a greater proportion of Alaska Native patients being hospitalized for injuries of only minor or moderate severity. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10