Certain urban patients are at an increased risk of experiencing multiple admissions for trauma. A person with traumatic injury and multiple risk factors may benefit from interventions to reduce future recurrences.
Types of traumatic injury:
(1) gunshot
(2) stabbing
(3) blunt trauma, including beatings
Risk factors for repeated traumatic injury in an urban population:
(1) minority (Black, Hispanic, other)
(2) male gender
(3) drug and/or alcohol misuse
(4) lower socioeconomic status, often unemployed
(5) involvement in drug dealing, gang and/or criminal activity
(6) failure to finish high school with lack of skills
(7) mental illness
(8) history of being in jail
The length of followup is important for recognizing a pattern.
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