BACKGROUND Sex as self-injury has become a concept in Swedish society; however it is a largely unexplored area of research, not yet conceptualized and far from accepted in the research field. The use of sex as a way of affect regulation is known in the literature and has, in interviews with young women who sell sex, been compared to direct self-injury, such as cutting or burning the skin. The a...

The high prevalence of NSSI has become a widespread health issue in various countries. Unfortunately, studies Eastern countries are not as many Western This study aims to explore the self-injury behavior students Indonesia. Crowdsourcing approach is used by distributing questionnaires through Google Form. A total 909 aged 18-25 years (mean age = 20.3, SD 1,329, 75.4% female) participants comple...

  Abstract  One of the suitable and beneficial methods in promoting behaviors of road traffic injury prevention could be the application of educational programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of health belief model on preventive behaviors related to road traffic injuries among primary school students. 100 participants was randomly selected among four...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of self-injury among adolescents aged 16-19 years and to indicate demographic variable, selected environmental variables and risky behaviours coexisting with performing self-injuries by the respondents. METHODS The research encompassed 5,685 individuals, aged 16-19 years. During the research the Questionnaire designed by the authors...

INTRODUCTION Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) has emerged as the preeminent injury of combat from the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Very little is known about short- and long-term outcomes after combat-related MTBI. As a measure of outcome after injury, self-rated health is a reliable, widely used measure that assesses perceived health. The primary aim of this study was to determi...

OBJECTIVE To report self-rated health and factors influencing health after traffic-related mild traumatic brain injury. DESIGN Population-based, cross-sectional study of traffic-related mild traumatic brain injury occurring between 1 December 1997 and 31 November 1999 in Saskatchewan, Canada. SUBJECTS Subjects were 929 adults making a personal injury claim after a traffic collision. Inclusi...

BACKGROUND Self-reported data are often used in research studies among military populations. OBJECTIVE The accuracy of self-reported musculoskeletal injury data among elite military personnel was assessed for issues with recall. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Applied research laboratory at a military installation. PARTICIPANTS A total of 101 subjects participated (age 28.5±5.6 ye...

background: health care workers are facing certain occupational hazards because of sharp injury and exposure to human blood and body fluids as a result of handling wastes. though much attention is paid for the protection of these workers, the number of exposures and injuries do not show a sign of decline from time to time. objective: to examine the occurrence of sharp injury and exposure to blo...

Suicide is a leading cause of deaths of U.S. service members. Medical care providers may play a role in suicide prevention. We summarized the outpatient experiences of service members prior to suicide or self-inflicted injury and compared them with service members without suicidal behavior. During 2001-2010, 45 percent of individuals who completed suicide and 75 percent of those who injured the...

Abstract While findings have documented the association between adolescent depression and self-injury, few studies investigated moderating effect of positive youth development (PYD) qualities on association. This study examined concurrent longitudinal predictive effects PYD nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) suicidal (SSI) among Chinese adolescents. The were also studied. Two waves data with an app...