INTRODUCTION EMS personnel often work in unpredictable environments and are at high risk for sustaining occupational injuries. One potential source of injury that is of growing concern is violence toward EMS personnel. OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of violence directed at EMS personnel by type and source, and to identify characteristics associated with experiencing violence. METHODS ...

Delusional jealousy is an important subject for forensic psychiatry because of its well-known association with violence, especially as directed toward spouses. In this article, we report a study of 20 individuals who suffered from delusional jealousy. Important biopsychosocial parameters, the relation between jealousy and aggression, and directions for future study are explored.

s by IPPNW affiliate members accepted at the 2006 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion "Data to Action," in Durban, South Africa (803) Audit Of Suicides, Homicides And Self-Directed Violence At Lusaka University Teaching Hospital From 1999 To 2002

This article examines young Muslim women’s dissident mentalities, practices, and subjectivities that confront the epistemological conditions whereby right-wing populist (RWP) gender politics operates in Turkey. Relying on frame theory social movement research Foucauldian approach to resistance, dissent, protest, it explores feminist critique of RWP discourse mainly with a focus following issues...

Recent years have witnessed a surge in research on the impact of the cyberspace on social movements. The feminist movement has built a vocal platform online which attempts to underscore sexual violence against women. Scholars have begun to suspect that the internet has ushered in a new wave, the fourth wave of feminism. The fourth wave’s main feature is its reliance on social media. The accessi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence after the diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in Fortaleza, CE, Northeastern Brazil, in 2012 and involved 221 individuals (40.3% male and 59.7% female) attended to at reference health care units for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Data...

BACKGROUND Abuse and violence against women constitute a global public health problem and are particularly important among women of reproductive age. The literature is not conclusive regarding the impact of violence against pregnant women on adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, small for gestational age and postpartum depression. Most studies have been conducted on relatively smal...

Background South Africa has a significant violence problem. The exposure of girls and women to interpersonal violence is widespread, and the victimization of men, especially to severe and homicidal forms of aggression, is of considerable concern, with male homicide eight times the global rate. In the last two decades, there have been a plethora of South African policies to promote safety. Howev...

Title of Dissertation: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPOSURE, MATERNAL EDUCATION, AND MATERNAL AUTONOMY AS PREDICTORS OF INDIAN WOMEN’S USE OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES AND INFANT LOW BIRTH WEIGHT Mili Duggal, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation directed by: Professor Sally A. Koblinsky Department of Family Science India contributes disproportionately to the world’s maternal mortality ratio and rate of...

The extent of interpersonal crime in Indigenous communities, and of violence in particular, is relatively well documented. National data on homicide rates shows that Indigenous people are 8.1 times more likely than non-Indigenous people to be victims of homicide.* 1 Violence as a cause of hospitalisation for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 is 2.7 times higher for Indigenous males tha...