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News reports of bullying-related fatal and nonfatal injuries in the Americas

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2013
Author
Srabstein, Jorge Carlos
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Bullying is a multifaceted and injurious form of maltreatment, prevalent across social settings and around the globe. Victims and perpetrators of bullying are at significant risk of suffering from an array of morbidity and dying young due to accidental injuries, suicide, and homicide. This study reviews news reports of nonfatal and fatal injuries linked to bullying throughout the Western Hemisphere during 12 months. News reports, obtained through a Google search, of episodes of fatal and nonfatal injuries related to school bullying and violence from July 2011 through June 2012 that affected children and adolescents (ages 5 to 19 years) throughout the Americas were analyzed. News reports were found of 82 cases of bullying-related fatal and nonfatal injuries, occurring in one year, across 24 countries and dependent territories in the Western Hemisphere, which have a combined total youth population of 225.5 million children and adolescents ages 5 to 19 years. Ninety-seven percent of the victims were between 10 and 19 years old; 60% of them were below age 15, with a male/female ratio of 2:1. News reports of fatal and nonfatal injurious events related to bullying and affecting children and adolescents in the Americas in one year represent the tip of the public health iceberg composing the unknown magnitude of injuries associated with this type of maltreatment. Data on the magnitude of mortality linked to bullying, which would be of the essence in developing public health policies for its prevention, have not been documented.(AU)
 
La intimidación es una forma multifacética y lesiva de maltrato, prevalente en diferentes entornos sociales y en todo el mundo. Las víctimas y los autores de la intimidación están sometidos a un importante riesgo de padecer varias enfermedades y de morir durante la juventud como consecuencia de lesiones accidentales, suicidios y homicidios. Este estudio analiza los reportajes informativos sobre lesiones mortales y no mortales vinculadas a la intimidación en todo el continente americano durante 12 meses. Se analizaron los reportajes informativos, obtenidos mediante una búsqueda de Google, de episodios de lesiones mortales y no mortales relacionadas con casos de intimidación y violencia escolares, desde julio del 2011 a junio del 2012, que habían afectado a niños y adolescentes (de 5 a 19 años) en la Región de las Américas. Se encontraron 82 reportajes informativos de casos de lesiones mortales y no mortales relacionadas con la intimidación que habían ocurrido en un año en 24 países y territorios del continente americano, que en total alberga una población juvenil combinada de 225,5 millones de niños y adolescentes de 5 a 19 años de edad. El 97% de las víctimas tenían entre 10 y 19 años de edad; 60% eran menores de 15 años, y la proporción varones/mujeres era de 2:1. Los reportajes informativos sobre sucesos lesivos mortales y no mortales relacionados con la intimidación y que afectan a niños y adolescentes de la Región de las Américas en un año representa la punta del iceberg de salud pública de magnitud desconocida de las lesiones asociadas con este tipo de maltrato. No existen datos verificados sobre la magnitud de la mortalidad vinculada a la intimidación. Estos datos serían de suma importancia para la elaboración de políticas de salud pública dirigidas a su prevención.(AU)
 
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;33(5),mayo 2013
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Bullying; Wounds and Injuries; Suicide; Homicide; News; Adolescent Behavior; Americas; Acoso escolar; Heridas y Traumatismos; Suicidio; Homicidio; Noticias; Conducta del Adolescente; Américas; Bullying; Ferimentos e Lesões; Américas; Saúde Pública; Ferimentos e Lesões
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http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892013000500010
https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/9173
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Srabstein, Jorge Carlos (2013) News reports of bullying-related fatal and nonfatal injuries in the Americas. Rev Panam Salud Publica;33(5) 378-382,may. 2013. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892013000500010
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