Childhood deaths are significantly higher among children who lose a parent to drug overdose, homicide or suicide compared to the general child population, a new University of Michigan study found.
The research, published in JAMA Network Open, investigated the link between specific types of parental loss and the subsequent risk of mortality for children in Michigan, said study lead author Sean Esteban McCabe, professor at the U-M School of Nursing.
The study found that bereaved children who experienced a parental death from one of the three preventable causes accounted for 150 excess childhood deaths in the state over the 14-year study period.
Learn more about the paper through a press release from Michigan News
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