From Criminal Justice to Public Health
Public health approach to prevent injuries
Multidisciplinary
Scientific
Use of epidemiology
Defining and Explaining Violence
Behavioral violence
Structural violence
Risk Factors for Violent Behavior
Microsystem
Individual
Family, peers, school, and religious
Mesosystem
Macrosystem
Types of Violence in U.S. Society
Violence in the family
Violence against women
Child maltreatment
Elder maltreatment
Workplace
Youth Violence
Scope of the problem
School violence
Gangs
Gun control
Dating violence
Causes of youth violence
Mass Violence and War
Epidemiology of war
Nightingale
Roles of nurses related to war
Interventions to Prevent Violence
Microlevel interventions with individuals and families
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
Interventions to Prevent Violence (cont.)
Mesolevel interventions: community structures
Community development
Action to enhance the ability of a community to meet the needs of its members
Community awareness
Collaboration and partnerships
Interventions to Prevent Violence (cont.)
Macrolevel interventions: society and culture
Policy issues
Action
Faith-based connections
Nursing organizations
