Prevalence and psychosocial factors associated with serious injuries among in-school adolescents in eight sub-Saharan African countries

• Main Authors: Richard Gyan Aboagye (Author), Dickson Okoree Mireku (Author), John Jackson Nsiah (Author), Bright Opoku Ahinkorah (Author), James Boadu Frimpong (Author), John Elvis Hagan (Author), Eric Abodey (Author), Abdul- Aziz Seidu (Author)
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• 出版: BMC, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Injury is one of the major causes of death and illness among children and adolescents worldwide. We sought to investigate the prevalence of serious injury and its associated factors among in-school adolescents in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods A sample of 14,967 i...