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Public funds, public safety: a scoping review of government spending decisions and their impact on interpersonal violence and suicide

Injury Epidemiology
Objectives To conduct a scoping review of research on government spending and violence. Methods We searched nine databases for peer-reviewed publications evaluating the association between government spending on public goods and services and (other- or ...
Julia J. Lund, Julia P. Schleimer, Paul M. Reeping, Veronica A. Pear   +3 more
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Understanding the nature and etiology of intimate partner violence and [PDF]

, 2011
Theoretical perspectives underlying hypotheses about the nature and etiology of intimate partner violence are important as they inform professionals how they should best respond to reduce or eliminate this social problem.
Dixon, Louise
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Commentary: Evidence to Guide Gun Violence Prevention in America [PDF]

, 2015
Gun violence is a major threat to the public's health and safety in the United States. The articles in this volume's symposium on gun violence reveal the scope of the problem and new trends in mortality rates from gunfire.
Daniel W. Webster
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Neighborhood predictors of suicide and firearm suicide in Detroit, Michigan

Injury Epidemiology
Background Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States with rates increasing over the past two decades. The rate of suicide is higher in rural areas, but a greater number of people in urban areas die by suicide; understanding risk factors ...
Colette Smirniotis, Veronica A. Pear, Rose M. C. Kagawa   +2 more
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Using Participatory Learning and Action in a Community-Based Intervention to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls in Mumbai’s Informal Settlements

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2020
For over 3 decades, participatory learning and action (PLA) techniques have been prominent in formative and evaluative studies in community-based development programs in the Global South.
Proshant Chakraborty, Nayreen Daruwalla, Apoorwa Deepak Gupta, Unnati Machchhar, Bhaskar Kakad, Shilpa Adelkar, David Osrin   +6 more
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Health and the primary prevention of violence against women [PDF]

This position paper focuses on the primary prevention of violence perpetrated by men against women. It develops a position on primary prevention (as distinct from secondary and tertiary interventions).

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Youth Gang Violence and Guns: Data Collection in California [PDF]

, 2009
Provides an overview of data on youth gang-related homicides, the role of firearms in the rising lethality of gang violence, and the state of data collection.
Josh Sugarmann, Tom Diaz
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The UN Committee Against Torture: Human Rights Monitoring and the Legal Recognition of Cruelty [PDF]

, 2009
Focusing on the Committee Against Torture, this article argues that human rights monitoring can hide as much as it reveals. In particular, monitoring Should he understood as a "second order" process that displaces the discussion of the Causes and ...
Kelly, Tobias
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Reflecting on primary prevention of violence against women: the public health approach [PDF]

Provides reflections on Australia\u27s efforts in primary prevention of violence against women and offers suggestions for the next steps to continue the momentum.
Inara Walden, Liz Wall
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Violence against female sex workers in Karnataka state, south India: impact on health, and reductions in violence following an intervention program. [PDF]

, 2010
: BACKGROUND: Violence against female sex workers (FSWs) can impede HIV prevention efforts and contravenes their human rights. We developed a multi-layered violence intervention targeting policy makers, secondary stakeholders (police, lawyers, media ...
Anthony, J, Beattie, TSh, Bhattacharjee, P, Blanchard, JF, Bradley, J, Gurnani, V, Isac, S, Mohan, H, Moses, S, Ramakrishnan, A, Ramesh, B, Wheeler, T   +11 more
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