Question

Choose one of the causality models in Chapter 9 of the textbook and use it to explain the relationships between the risk factors associated with the leading cause of death you selected in Module Four ( I chose self-harm) and the outcome (death from that cause). How do Hill’s criteria for causation apply to these relationships? Remember to cite references where necessary.When responding to your classmates, suggest and discuss other possible factors that could be included in their chosen models.

Answer 1

There is positive relationship between self harm and death. Because most of the self harm leads to suicide. Every year the number of self harm and suicide increases. This can be explained via following research publications they explained as,

Among teens and young adults aged 15 to 24 years,suicide is the second-leading cause of death. The research studiessought to determine whether self-harm (a nonfatal self-injury or self-poisoning that occurred with or without suicidal intent) predicted future suicide.

They analyzed 2001-2007 Medicaid data from 45 states, matched to the National Death Index, to identify persons aged 12-24 years who had a diagnosis of deliberate self-harm in the Medicaid data.It is proved that self harm is an important cause of death among young adults.

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that suicide is one of the 20 most common causes of death – almost 1 million people across the globe die by suicide every year. Suicide is one of the most common causes of death among teenagers [2,3]. Another significant but much less known phenomenon is non-suicidal self-injury (self-harm). Research during the past 10 years has indicated that self-harm occurs more frequently in the population of adolescents – whereas suicides affect 10% of teenagers, 7–14% of young people report to have performed a self-harming act at least once in their lives.

Reference

• William T. Basco Pay Attention to Self-harm: It Is a Precursor to Suicide, published on July 05, 2018
• Joanna Halicka. Andrzej Kiejna, Differences between suicide and non-suicidal self-harm behaviours: a literary review , 2015