New research by experts in emergency medicine has found that, if you're assaulted in the Cape Town community that has been described as one of the world's largest slums, it's probably just the tip of the iceberg.
Lead author Dr Sarah Leeper, from the University of Maryland Medical Center, with colleagues from the US and SA, added: “The complex interplay of depression and violence warrants further investigation to understand this high level of 'sadness' among this population of youth.”
“Males, students, marijuana users, gang members, those with a criminal history, and an initial injury with penetrating trauma had a greater likelihood of emergency care recidivism,” they said. Leeper said the level of alcohol abuse among young people in Khayelitsha meant a screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment programme in the emergency centre might be achievable, affordable and effective.
“A combination of emergency centre-based screening for targeted risk factors and in-hospital based intervention programmes would likely provide the greatest benefit to this population.
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