World report on violence and health

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] A summary of the report is also available.1 Goals The goals of the report are to raise awareness about the problem of violence globally, and to make the case that violence is preventable and that public health has a crucial role to play in addressing its causes and consequences. [...] The use of a fist against the The inclusion of the word ‘‘power’’, in addition head or the use of a weapon in the dispute certainly to the phrase ‘‘use of physical force’’, broadens the increases the risk of serious injury or death, though nature of a violent act and expands the conventional neither outcome may be intended. [...] These data can also be used for monitoring limitations of other typologies by capturing the changes over time in fatal violence, identifying nature of violent acts, the relevance of the setting, the groups and communities at high risk of violence, relationship between the perpetrator and the victim, and making comparisons within and between and – in the case of collective violence – possible count. [...] Data incidents and in describing the full impact of collected by the police may include information on violence on the health of individuals and commu- the relationship between the victim and the nities.