Inadequate Data Limit the Analysis of Health Disparities and Causes: A Call for Research on Youth Interpersonal Violence

Authors

Maria Isabel Roldós, CUNY Lehman CollegeFollow
Tilda Farhat, National Institutes of HealthFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 7-19-2019

Abstract

Interpersonal violence among racial and ethnic minority youth is of great concern in health disparity research. Child maltreatment (CM), adolescent dating abuse (ADA), sexual abuse, and polyvictimization are key forms of interpersonal violence that require surveillance and national epidemiological data. However, national data systems and published evidence do not depict this health burden for all racial and ethnic populations. Prevalence and incidence rates for American Indians, Eskimo, and Asian youth are absent from most estimates. This commentary provides a brief overview of the gaps in the literature and offers suggestions for addressing these gaps.

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This work was originally published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, available at DOI: /10.1177/0886260519866246.

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