Chapter 3 Flashcards
What are the 4 natures violence?
Physical, sexual, psychological, and deprivation or neglect.
Interpersonal violence and self-inflicted violence combined accounts for how much of the global injury mortality?
26%
Interpersonal violence accounts for what percent of global injury mortality?
10%
Self-inflicted violence accounts for what percent of the global injury mortality?
16%
What region is violence most common in?
The Americas (AMR)
What region has the highest suicide rate?
The Western Pacific Region
What regions have more homicides than suicides?
The African Region (AFR) and the Americas (AMR).
What regions have higher suicide rates than homicide rates?
The Western Pacific Region, the European Region, and the South East Asia Region
Males in what age group have the highest suicide rate?
Males over 60 years old
The homicide rate in males compared to women
Three times higher for men
What male age group has the highest homicide rate?
15 to 29
Public health approach to prevent violence.
- Collect data
- Investigate causes
- Explore ways to prevent violence
- Implement interventions
The ecological model for understanding violence includes what interrelated categories?
Individual, relationship, community, societal.
What percent of homicide occurs in low and middle income countries?
95%
Youth homicide rates very considerably among regions and countries and are _______ in high income countries
Lower
Spousal violence is _____ in gay and lesbian couples.
Higher
Spousal violence is _______ in aboriginal couples
Higher
The three steps in the Cycle of Violence Theory
- Tension build up
- Acute battering
- Remorse/reconciliation
What type of trauma as a result of abuse is the most common cause of death in young children?
Head trauma
Sexual assault
Any act in which one person is sexually intimate with another person without consent
In violence against older adults who is the offender in most cases?
Caregivers/offspring
Do more or less women attempt suicide than men?
More women attempt suicide
The rate of suicide for men is _______ than women
Three times higher
Violence
Intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actually, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community that either results or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation.
