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This workshop will examine the social and economic costs of violence through a common framework that accounts for both life course and ecological impacts, and the value in prevention through early intervention.
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Workshop
·2012
Measuring the social and economic costs of violence can be difficult, and most estimates only consider direct economic effects, such as productivity loss or the use of health care services. Communities and societies feel the effects of violence through loss of social cohesion, financial divestment,...
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Description
The IOM will host a 2-day public workshop on the social and economic costs of violence and the value of its prevention, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. The workshop will be planned and conducted by an ad hoc committee to focus on the costs and consequences of violence, and will explore approaches and partnerships to counter violence. Violence affects not only intended victims who suffer injury but also those who observe or are exposed to violence indirectly, so particular attention will be paid to the impact on both direct and indirect victims at the individual, community, and national levels. The workshop will also illuminate ways in which successful and innovative interventions can best be applied in violence prevention. Following the conclusion of the public workshop, an individually authored summary of the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur, in accordance with institutional policy and procedures.
Contributors
Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
Private: For Profit
Private: Non Profit
Staff
Rachel M. Taylor
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Institute of Medicine
Lead
Board on Global Health
Lead
