 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Lana Shaughnessy, Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C street, NW, Mailstop 3512 MIB, Washington, DC 20240, Sonal Doshi, MPH, MS, Division of Adult and Community Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS K-66, Atlanta, GA 30341, and Sherry Everett Jones, PhD, MPH, JD, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop K-33, Atlanta, GA 30341, 770-488-6185, sce2@cdc.gov.
Objective: To investigate the relationship between attempted suicide and unintentional injury and violence behaviors; sexual risk behaviors; and tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use among American Indian youth. Design: This study used data from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Youth Risk Behavior Survey which was conducted in spring 2001 among students in grades 9-12 attending BIA-funded high schools. The overall response rate was 61%. Main Outcome Measures: Chi-square analysis was used to examine the relationship between attempted suicide and other health risk behaviors. Multiple regression models identified differences in the number of health risk behaviors engaged in among students who had and had not attempted suicide. Results: Overall, 16% of BIA high school students attempted suicide during the 12 months preceding the survey. Females and males who attempted suicide were significantly more likely than those who had not attempted suicide to engage in unintentional injury and violence behaviors; most sexual risk behaviors; and tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use. Students who had attempted suicide engaged in significantly more health risk behaviors than students who had not attempted suicide (medians = 11 and 7, respectively out of a possible 25) (â=4.36, p<.001). Conclusion: These data may enable those who work with American Indian youth to identify those at risk for attempting suicide by recognizing the association between health risk behaviors and attempted suicide. Suicide prevention messages could be incorporated into other prevention programs.
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Keywords: Suicide,
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.