Research Catalog

Title

Violence prevention in low and middle income countries : finding a place on the global agenda : workshop summary / Kimberly A. Scott, rapporteur ; Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Scott, Kimberly A. (Senior program officer)
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health.

Description

xv, 264 pages : illustrations

Subjects

• Violence > Health aspects
• Developing Countries
• Violence > Health aspects > Developing countries > Congresses
• Violence > Developing countries > Prevention > Congresses
• Developing countries
• Congresses
• Violence > Prevention
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Violence > prevention & control
• Congress

Genre/Form

• Congress.
• Congresses.
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• Report resulted from a two-day workshop held June 2007, in Washington, D.C.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Contents

Introduction -- Setting the stage -- Why the world should care about violence prevention -- The intersection of violence and health -- What is working around the world in violence prevention? -- Words of wisdom: working with the media and nongovernmental organizations -- Scaling up international support for violence prevention -- Opportunities and challenges for U.S. agencies and organizations to focus on violence prevention in developing countries -- Taking global violence prevention to the next step: questions for the workshop participants.

ISBN

• 9780309112055
• 0309112052

LCCN

2009278456

OCLC

• ocn198756523
• 198756523
• SCSB-9305031

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries