title: Injuries across adolescence: an investigation using the extended adolescent injury checklist (E-AIC).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Injuries are the leading cause of death among adolescents. The current research examined a measure of adolescent injury in terms of whether it encompasses the diverse injury experiences of Australian adolescents, including high-risk and normative adolescents, and thus determine its utility as a tool for health promotion research.
  
  
  METHODS
  Grade 9 students from two Brisbane high schools (n=202, aged 13-14 years) and adolescents recruited from the Emergency Department waiting rooms of four Brisbane hospitals (n=98, aged 16-18 years) completed the Extended Adolescent Injury Checklist (E-AIC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common cause of injury among adolescents was a sports activity, followed by fights for all participants except school-based males, who experienced more bicycle injuries. Alcohol use was most frequently reported in association with interpersonal violence injuries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A broad variety of injuries, occurring in context of multiple risk as well as normative behaviours, were reported by adolescents in both school and ED settings, and were captured by the E-AIC.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q), Queensland University of Technology. rl.chapman@qut.edu.au
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheehan
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011998:Recreation; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013177:Sports; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*