Violent Death and Injury in US Children and Adolescents

A Mental Health Intervention for Schoolchildren Exposed to Violence

“…3,10,11 Violence affects all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, but its burden falls disproportionately on urban, 5,12 poor, and minority populations. 13,14 Several studies have found that the majority of children exposed to violence, defined as personally witnessing or directly experiencing a violent event, display symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 15,16 and a substantial minority develop clinically significant PTSD. [17][18][19] However, the harmful effects of violence extend beyond symptoms of PTSD.…”

Medicolegal Childhood Deaths in Adana, Turkey

“…It can be seen that violent deaths including accidents, homicides and suicides are one of the principal causes of death in childhood (Waller et al 1989;Christoffel 1990). It has been reported that injury-related childhood deaths, in particular, pose a serious threat to children's health and accounts for 7-10% of the mortality in the world (Tanaka 1993;Morrison and Stone 1999).…”

Adolescent mortality in the city of Rio de Janeiro from 1981 to 1995: how many deaths could have been prevented?

“…Cristoffel 32 , em 1990, apontou o homicídio como sendo a causa mais importante da mortalidade de crianças e adolescentes na atualidade e o maior responsável pelos anos potenciais de vida perdidos. A explicação dada pelo autor é que a grande maioria dos casos de violência registrados são por abuso dos pais ou pessoa conhecida, e as mortes são devidas a assaltos e homicídios perpetrados por companheiros de turma.…”