children and adolescents are vulnerable to violent situations in their social, family and school environment. the aim of the study was to characterize morbidity due to violence in brazilian children and adolescents.a cross-sectional study through the analysis of 1,356 corpus delicti medical reports and police reports of children and adolescents aged 0-19 years, victims of interpersonal violence...

CONTEXT Although there is increasing recognition of the global scope of domestic violence and the potential reproductive health consequences of violence, little is known about the relationship between physical and sexual domestic violence and gynecologic morbidity in developing country settings. METHODS A sample of 3,642 couples from northern India was created by matching husbands and wives w...

the prevalence of physical violence during pregnancy varies widely in different societies. to assess the incidence of self-reported physical, emotional and sexual violence in pregnancy and describe the association with maternal complication and birth outcomes, 3275 women who gave birth to live-born infants from october 2002 to november 2003 were assessed for self-reported violence in postpartum...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To analyse gender differences in associations between physical violence and self rated health and self reported morbidity among a random sample of adults in Denmark. DESIGN AND SETTING Two questions on self rated health and self reported morbidity respectively, were obtained from a cross sectional national health interview survey conducted among 12 028 adults (16 years +) in D...

Copyright: © 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Background: Interpersonal violence is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. The incidence of and weapons used in interpersonal violence vary amongst countries and may even vary within regions of a country. Substance abuse, including alcohol, has been linked to...

OBJECTIVES We examined the association between exposure to violence and asthma among urban children. METHODS We obtained reports from caretakers (n = 851) of violence, negative life events, unwanted memories (rumination), caretaker-perceived stress, and caretaker behaviors (keeping children indoors, smoking, and medication adherence). Outcomes included caretaker-reported wheezing, sleep disru...

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether psychiatric morbidity contributes to the small proportion of the population responsible for a large percentage of antisocial behaviour, including violence. AIMS To measure associations between psychiatric morbidity and severity, chronicity and types of victims of violence in the national household population of Britain. METHOD Cross-sectional survey of perso...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family violence (FV) impacts individuals and their families, their communities, their physical health, and the economic health of society. The origins of FV are complex, and relationships among historical, cultural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal components are poorly understood. The morbidity, mortality, and cost of FV are enormous. This paper introduces an ecologic...

OBJECTIVES This study was aimed at carrying out a situational diagnosis of the prehospital healthcare network for victims of accidents and violence in Recife, Brazil. METHODS National policy for reducing accident- and violence-related morbidity and mortality was used as reference. Questionnaires were applied and half-structured interviews conducted with managers and healthworkers from thirtee...