Preventing Violence Against Women and Children Workshop Summary (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Victims of violence of any type fear stigmatization or societal condemnation and thus often hesitate to report crimes. The issue is compounded by the fact that for women and children the perpetrators are often people they know and because some countries lack laws or regulations protecting victims.
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DEFINITIONS AND CONTEXT Violence is defined by the World Health Organization as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself,
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Thus, the workshop operated in a multidimensional framework that integrated ecologic, public health, and trauma-informed paradigms to explore a comprehensive approach to violence prevention. The next four chapters examine the four major themes that arose from participants' presentations and discussions: advancing research on co-occurrence of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence (Chapter 2)
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Felix Foundation; Foundation to Promote Open Society; Kaiser Permanente; National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Research on Women's Health, John E Fogarty International Center; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. WHO and LSHTM (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
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