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The World Report on violence and health
Organización Mundial de la Salud
- Iss: 14, pp 14
TLDR
In this paper, a reporte hace una importante contribucion a nuestra comprension de la violencia and su impacto sobre las sociedades, evidencia que la proteccion y la seguridad no ocurren en forma espontanea, sino que son the resultado de un consenso colectivo y de politicas publicas dirigidas a tal fin.Abstract:
Este reporte hace una importante contribucion a nuestra comprension de la violencia y su impacto sobre las sociedades. Exhibe los diferentes rostros de la violencia, desde el sufrimiento "invisible" de los individuos mas vulnerables de la sociedad, a la notria tragedia de las sociedades en conflicto. El mismo mejora nuestro analisis de los factores que conducen a la violencia y las posibles respuestas de diferentes sectores de la sociedad. Al hacer esto, este documento nos recuerda que la proteccion y la seguridad no ocurren en forma espontanea, sino que son el resultado de un consenso colectivo y de politicas publicas dirigidas a tal fin.read more
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Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing
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Ron Acierno,Melba A. Hernández,Ananda B. Amstadter,Heidi S. Resnick,Kenneth Steve,Wendy Muzzy,Dean G. Kilpatrick +6 more
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Journal ArticleDOI
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