Causes and Cures XII: Public Health Approaches

Publication date: Available online 21 December 2016
Source:Aggression and Violent Behavior
Author(s): Bandy X. Lee
The past two years have been a landmark moment for violence prevention, with the publication of The Global Status Report on Violence Prevention 2014; a historic resolution on violence by the 67th World Health Assembly; and the release of multiple documents on violence by international and United Nations entities, with a corresponding building of momentum in scholarship. Most notably, in September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, addressing the need for violence prevention at an unprecedented scale. In this context, more than ever, violence studies have become a field of its own right. Still, a systematic approach of the topic has been lacking, and no textbook yet synthesizes the knowledge of multiple disciplines toward a cogent understanding. This article is the twelfth of a series of fifteen articles that will cover, as an example, an outline of the Global Health Studies course entitled, "Violence: Causes and Cures," reviewing the major bio-psycho-social and structural-environmental perspectives on violence. Violence is a public health problem that requires a multi-factorial understanding for its causes and consequences and needs action at all levels, involving all the stakeholders, whether they are directly or indirectly concerned. The field of public health has contributed greatly to the understanding and prevention of violence.



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