School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand.
S Afr Med J. 2011 Nov 1;101(11):835-6, 838.
Intentional and unintentional injuries were reported to be the second leading cause of Disability Adjusted Life Years in South Africa in 2000. We present household experiences of such injuries in 5 impoverished housing settlements in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. Data for this study were extracted from the database of the Health, Environment and Development (HEAD) project. The incidence of reported intentional injuries was determined to be double that of unintentional injuries. Households in the Hospital Hill and Riverlea settlements reported the highest prevalence of stabbing and gunshot incidents. We concluded that impoverished South African neighbourhoods bear a high burden of intentional injury; surveillance mechanisms are required to inform prevention strategies at an individual, community and societal level.
2000 年，南非报告称，故意伤害和意外伤害是导致伤残调整生命年（DALY）的第二大原因。本研究旨在分析约翰内斯堡五个贫困住房安置点的家庭所经历的意外伤害。本研究数据来源于健康、环境与发展（HEAD）项目数据库。研究结果显示，故意伤害的报告发生率是意外伤害的两倍。在 Hospital Hill 和 Riverlea 两个安置点，家庭遭遇刺伤和枪击的比例最高。本研究表明，南非贫困社区承担着严重的故意伤害负担；需要建立监测机制，为个人、社区和社会各级别的预防策略提供信息。
