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Author: Ryan, Louise M.
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1. Boynton-Jarrett, Renée
Ryan, Louise M.
Berkman, Lisa F.
Wright, Rosalind J.
Cumulative Violence Exposure and Self-Rated Health: Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in the United States
Pediatrics 122,5 (November 2008): 961-970.
Also: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/122/5/961
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Keyword(s): Behavior, Violent; Bullying/Victimization; Depression (see also CESD); Health, Mental/Psychological; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Self-Reporting; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

OBJECTIVE. The goal was to determine whether cumulative exposure to violence in childhood and adolescence contributes to disparities in self-rated health among a nationally representative sample of US adolescents. METHODS. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 is an ongoing, 8-year (1997-2004), longitudinal, cohort study of youths who were 12 to 18 years of age at baseline (N = 8224). Generalized estimating equations were constructed to investigate the relationship between cumulative exposure to violence and risk for poor health. RESULTS. At baseline, 75% of subjects reported excellent or very good health, 21.5% reported good health, and 4.5% reported fair or poor health. Cumulative violence exposures (witnessed gun violence, threat of violence, repeated bullying, perceived safety, and criminal victimization) were associated with a graded increase in risk for poor health and reduced the strength of the relationship between household income and poor health. In comparison with subjects with no violence exposure, risk for poor self-rated health was 4.6 times greater among subjects who reported ≥5 forms of cumulative exposure to violence, controlling for demographic features and household income. Trend analysis revealed that, for each additional violence exposure, the risk of poor health increased by 38%. Adjustment for alcohol use, drug use, smoking, depressive symptoms, and family and neighborhood environment reduced the strength of the relationships between household income and cumulative exposure to violence scores and poor self-rated health, which suggests partial mediation of the effects of socioeconomic status and cumulative exposure to violence by these factors. CONCLUSIONS. In this nationally representative sample, social inequality in risk for poor self-rated health during the transition from adolescence to adulthood was partially attributable to disparities in cumulative exposure to violence. A strong graded association was noted between... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Boynton-Jarrett, Renée, Louise M. Ryan, Lisa F. Berkman and Rosalind J. Wright. "Cumulative Violence Exposure and Self-Rated Health: Longitudinal Study of Adolescents in the United States." Pediatrics 122,5 (November 2008): 961-970.