Health Lesson 2: Types of intentional injuries.

• Intentional Injuries


  Injuries that are inflicted on purpose
• Intentional Injuries


  The use of force or power-threatened or actual-against oneself, another person or against a group or community
• Intentional Injuries


  Can also occur as a result of a willful act meant to cause harm
• Kidnapping and Abduction


  Taking away a person against his/her will for ransom or for vengeance, dispute, or crime-related
• Kidnapping and Abduction


  • Usually the victim is a child
• Reasons for kidnapping


  • Gain a ransom or reward
  • Facilitate a commission of a felony or fight
  • Terrorize or inflict bodily injury
  • Interfere with government or political function
• Domestic Violence


  Occurs at home or within the family. It is a pattern of abusive behaviors by one partner against another in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation
• Forms of Domestic Violence

  • Physical aggression or assault such as hitting, kicking, shoving, slapping, and other related moves
  • Threats
  • Sexual abuse
  • Emotional abuse
  • Intimidation
  • Stalking
  • Harassment
  • Spousal abuse
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Battering
  • Abusive relationship
• Emotionally Abusive Relationships


  • Calls the partner by names, insults, or continually criticizes the partner
  • Always jealous and does not trust his/her partner
  • Isolates partner from family and friends
  • Controls finances
  • Threatens to hurt the partner or children
  • Humiliates the partner in any way
• Sexually Abusive Relationships

  • Views women as objects
  • Wants the woman to dress in a sexual way
  • Insults or calls the partner sexual names
  • Forces or manipulates partner into having or performing sex
  • Hurts the partner during sex
  • Ignores partner's feelings regarding sex
• Homicide


  The killing of a human being by another whether by murder or manslaughter
• Homicide


  • Usually happens when there is robbery, vengeance, dispute, or conflict
• Suicide


  The act of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally
• Suicide is one of the top causes of death in young adults
• Suicide is a significant problem outnumbering the common cause of unintentional injury
• Risk factors for suicide

  • Psychiatric disease
  • Levels of economic status
  • Cultural change
  • Degree of social support
• Suicide


  The act of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally
• Risk factors for suicide

  • Psychiatric disease
  • Levels of economic status
  • Cultural change
  • Degree of social support
• Bullying


  The use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual.
• Types of bullying


  • Physical - Physically hurting the victim like hitting, punching, or kicking
  • Verbal - The use of name-calling or taunting
  • Relational - Destroying peer acceptance and friendships
  • Cyber-bullying - Using electronic means like cellphones, instant messaging, email, chat rooms or social media to harass, threaten, or intimidate someone
• Extortion


  A criminal offense that involves obtaining money, property or services from a person, entity, individual, or situation through coercion
• Stalking


  The unwanted obsessive attention by an individual or group towards another person, including following the victim and monitoring them from afar
• Illegal fraternity-related violence


  Unscrupulous groups have infiltrated society and organized fraternities to mask their illegal and violence-oriented activities such as frat wars, rumbles, killings, and campus violence
• Gang and youth violence


  Typically involves persons between the ages of 10-24, defined as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against another person or a group or community that results to injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation