Personal Safety IN 123 FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH M W F 1 1 50Pm Quinn Auditorium Shabnam Lateef Fall 2013 Guest speaker Peer advocates on Monday Topic Sexual Violence Exam 1 Will be conducting a review on Wednesday Please read the topics once before Wednesday Exam on Friday 10 4 Exam format Multiple choice questions True and False Exam topics Till Psychological health Wednesday 9 25 Violence is not included in Exam 1 It is part of Exam 2 Today s lecture Unintentional injuries Motor vehicle Home Leisure Work Intentional injuries School violence Terrorism Family violence Battering Violence against children Unintentional Injuries Unintentional Injuries in the United States 2009 CAUSE OF INJURY DEATHS DISABLING INJURIES Motor Vehicle 35 900 3 300 000 Home 65 200 21 100 000 Leisure 25 100 9 400 000 Work 3 582 5 100 000 All classes 128 200 38 900 000 National Safety Council 2011 Injury facts 2011 Motor Vehicle Accidents Causes Bikers Pedestrians Home Injuries Causes Most common Treatment of suffocation Leisure Injuries Activities Weather Heat conditions Cold Storm Wind Lightning Flooding Work Injuries Types Most common body part affected Clinical implications Death Disability Physical therapy Occupational therapy Disease burden Paraplegia Amputations Quality of life Lifestyle change Intentional Injuries Violence Q What factors contribute to violence Types of violence Family and Intimate violence Battering Sexual Stalking Cyberstalking Children Elderly neglect abuse Assault Robbery Mugging Inflict injury or death Homicide Gang related violence Hate crimes School violence Newtown CT Bullying Workplace violence D C Navy yard Terrorism Boston War Genocide Torture Riots Rape Culture Slutwalk Toronto April 3rd 2011 Been able to separate individual choice from the issue of whether they will be raped Constable Michael Sanguinetti York University Campus rape I ve been told I m not supposed to say this however women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized Co founders Sonya Barnett and Heather Jarvis set out to reclaim the word slut NYC India Brazil Comparable to Reclaim the night 1970 s movement protesting violence against women Opponents Labels Marginalize people not comfortable with the connotations of the word Promotes promiscuity Q Do you think the Slutwalk is an effective form of activism for women s rights Why Why not Factoid Violence in schools According to the CDC 2011 report 16 6 of high school students carried a gun at least once to school 7 3 of high school students have been threatened or injures with a weapon study Nonetheless this finding suggests hypotheses about the relationship between substance use PTSD and recurrent trauma Self medication of symptoms of traumatic stress may drive substance use in some victims of violent injury lic transportation These options are impractical in the long run Given that they lack faith in the police they will rely on this option only as a last resort Faced with these realities they may feel they have few options other than obtaining a weapon to stay safe Studies have shown that carrying a weapon raises the risk of reinjury perhaps because it emboldens the victim to confront potential victimizers 27 29 30 Our model includes the complications brought on by traumatic stress Some symp checks are commonly required for workers at all levels Faced with dim prospects for employment young men may see few options other than turning to the underground economy of selling drugs which further heightens their risk of gun violence and injury 15 Rich Grey Pathway1 to Recurrence of Urban street Violence DISCUSSION Pathways to Recurrence The narrative analysis just presented demonstrates that young men feel unsafe after Marijuana use including selfmedication Listening to the voices of young male victims of violence can deepen our understand Positive drug tests Arrest incarceration Employment problems Illicit economy Symptoms of traumatic stress INJURY Code of the street being a sucker pressure to retaliate Lack of faith in police Disrupted sense of safety Weapon Retaliation Options for safety after injury move away avoid public transportation stay in the house police as the last resort REINJURY FIGURE 1 Model illustrating pathways to recurrence May 2005 Vol 95 No 5 American J ournal of Public Health Rich and Grey Peer Reviewed Public Health Matters 821 http www ncbi nlm nih gov pmc articles PMC1 Q How can we empower youth to break this vicious cycle of continuous violence Psychology of Violence Q When you heard of the Newtown massacre Boston marathon bombings D C Navy yard shootings ColoradoWhat was your initial reaction towards the victims towards the perpetrator Q From an evolutionary perspective why is violence an inherent human trait In order to perpetrate that level of violence you need to overcome powerful inhibition in ourselves Years of conditioning fear of punishment death penalties so we can co exist in society Role of mental health in perpetrating violence Q Raise your hands How many of you believe that mental illness is responsible for violent behavior Margot Sanger Katz Pros and cons exam question http www nationaljournal com magazine why improving mental health would do little to end gun violence 20130124 Characteristics of violent behavior Paranoia Misperception History of violence animals History of sexual or physical abuse Lack of empathy Conflicts with authority Substance abuse Anger issues Clinical Implications Death economic implications Disability Amputation Emotional reaction Anger Fear Isolation Helplessness Empowerment Lifestyle change Veteran s Post traumatic stress disorder High rates of suicide Prevention Developing a reliable and valid tool to be able to screen for violent tendencies in teenagers Raise children and teenagers to resist violent tendencies Outlet Inculcate a sense of kindness and compassion Empower the youth education skills purpose References 1 Rich J A Grey C M 2005 Pathways to Recurrent Trauma Among Young Black Men Traumatic Stress Substance Use and the Code of the Street Am J Public Health 2005 May 95 5 816 824