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Serious injuries account for a significant proportion of the global burden of disease in adolescents. Given the limited information on the Bolivian context, the current study aims to examine the prevalence of this phenomenon and its associated factors among school\u2010age adolescents in Bolivia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A cross\u2010sectional design was used to draw data from the 2018 Bolivia Global School\u2010Based Student Health Survey. This survey used a self\u2010administered questionnaire to collect data on adolescents' health behaviors and protective factors in Bolivia. Pearson's\n                      <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      and binomial logistic regression were used for the analyses.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of serious injuries among 7822 Bolivian in\u2010school adolescents was 51.9%, with male (52%) and female (52.8%) participants experiencing serious injuries, respectively. The odds of serious injuries were significantly higher among males than females (AOR\u2009=\u20091.249, CI\u2009=\u20091.133\u20131.377), those in Grades 1\u20133 than 4\u20135 (AOR\u2009=\u20091.337, CI\u2009=\u20091.170\u20131.529), those who were mostly hungry (AOR\u2009=\u20091.299, CI\u2009=\u20091.024\u20131.648), current alcohol users (AOR\u2009=\u20091.283, CI\u2009=\u20091.136\u20131.449) and those who ever got drunk with alcohol (AOR\u2009=\u20091.200, CI\u2009=\u20091.055\u20131.365). Also, the risk of serious injuries was high among physically attacked victims (AOR\u2009=\u20091.756, CI\u2009=\u20091.568\u20131.965), those who engaged in physical fights (AOR\u2009=\u20091.642, CI\u2009=\u20091.468\u20131.838), those who were bullied outside school (AOR\u2009=\u20091.236, CI\u2009=\u20091.089\u20131.403), suicide attempters (AOR\u2009=\u20091.289, CI\u2009=\u20091.118\u20131.487), and those who had multiple sexual partners (AOR\u2009=\u20091.157, CI\u2009=\u20091.007\u20131.329).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is a high prevalence of serious injuries among in\u2010school adolescents in Bolivia. More prevention\u2010based policies and intervention programmes are required to decrease the occurrence of severe injuries among this cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/hsr2.72149","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,24]],"date-time":"2026-03-24T06:45:56Z","timestamp":1774334756000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prevalence and Associated Factors Accounting for In\u2010School Adolescents' Serious Injuries in Bolivia: A Population\u2010Based Cross\u2010Sectional Survey"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2859-7278","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jacob Owusu","family":"Sarfo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richmond Stephen","family":"Sorkpor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports University of Education Winneba Ghana"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4630-3520","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Edmond Kwesi","family":"Agormedah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Business &amp; 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