Violence Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Finding a Place on the Global Agenda: Workshop SummaryNational Academies Press, 2008 M01 22 - 280 pages The current state of science in violence prevention reveals progress, promise, and a number of remaining challenges. In order to fully examine the issue of global violence prevention, the Institute of Medicine in collaboration with Global Violence Prevention Advocacy, convened a workshop and released the workshop summary entitled, Violence Prevention in Low-and Middle-Income Countries. The workshop brought together participants with a wide array of expertise in fields related to health, criminal justice, public policy, and economic development, to study and articulate specific opportunities for the U.S. government and other leaders with resources to more effectively support programming for prevention of the many types of violence. Participants highlighted the need for the timely development of an integrated, science-based approach and agenda to support research, clinical practice, program development, policy analysis, and advocacy for violence prevention. |
Contents
3 Why the World Should Care About Violence Prevention | |
4 The Intersection of Violence and Health | |
5 What Is Working Around the World in Violence Prevention? | |
Working with the Media and Nongovernmental Organizations | |
8 Opportunities and Challenges for US Agencies and Organizations to Focus on Violence Prevention in Developing Countries | |
Questions for the Workshop Participants | |
References | |
Appendixes | |
Participant List | |
Background Papers for June 2007 Workshop | |
Biographies of Planning Committee Members and Workshop Speakers | |
7 Scaling Up International Support for Violence Prevention | |