The New Hampshire Public Health Association (NHPHA) recognizes that violent behaviors include the full continuum: bullying, assault, domestic violence, child and elder abuse, sexual assault and suicide and can result in deaths as well as in long term physical and psychological disability. The reduction of violence and intentional injuries is a key step toward improving the health and well-being of individuals and our communities. The NHPHA supports multidisciplinary efforts to address violence through comprehensive preventive strategies. These efforts should:
- Be evidence-based or based on best available information;
- Recognize the interconnectedness of violence, socioeconomic status, mental health status, alcohol and substance use, accessibility of firearms and other factors ; and
- Involve the collaboration of health, mental health, law enforcement, criminal justice, education, and social services.
Resources:
Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts. Org. Number of Deaths Due to Injury by Firearms per 100,000 Population, 2003.
http://www.statehealth...table.jsp...t=2Hines, Denise and Murray A. Straus. “Binge Drinking and Violence Against Dating Partners: The Mediating Effect of Antisocial Traits and Behaviors in a Multinational Perspective”, Aggressive Behavior 33:5 (September/October 2007) 441-457.
Straus, Murray A. “Children as Witnesses to Marital Violence: A Risk Factor for Lifelong Problems among a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men and Women”, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire. 1992.
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/VB48.pdfUS Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Injury Center. The Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention, January 22, 2008.
http://www.cdc.gov/nci...ePrevention.htmUS Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexual Violence Fact Sheet. Atlanta, Georgia: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, April 2007.
http://www.cdc.gov/nci...ets/svfacts.htmUS Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Child Maltreatment: Facts at a Glance. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Summer 2007.
http://www.cdc.gov/nci..._Data_Sheet.pdfUS Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Injury Center. The Social-Ecological Model: A Framework for Prevention, August 29, 2007.
http://www.cdc.gov/nci...l-Model_DVP.htmUS Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Violence Prevention at CDC, August 31, 2007.
http://www.cdc.gov/nci...tion_at_CDC.htmUS Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Suicide Trends Among Youths and Young Adults Aged 10--24 Years --- United States, 1990—2004. Morbidity and Mortality Monthly Report. 56:35 (September 7, 2007) 905-908.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmw...ml/mm5635a2.htmUS Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Sexual Violence Prevention: Beginning the Dialogue”. Atlanta Georgia: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.
http://www.cdc.gov/nci...VPrevention.pdf
