Violence in the United States: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Interpersonal violence, which includes child abuse and neglect, youth violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and elder abuse, affects millions of US residents each year. However, surveillance systems, programs, and policies to address violence often lack broad, cross-sector collaboration, and there is limited awareness of effective strategies to prevent violence.

Objectives

To describe the burden of interpersonal violence in the United States, explore challenges to violence prevention efforts and to identify prevention opportunities.

Data sources

We reviewed data from health and law enforcement surveillance systems including the National Vital Statistics System, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports, the US Justice Depar

SUBMITTER: Sumner SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4692168 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature