health

• Intentional injuries


  Injuries resulting from violence
• Types of intentional injuries


  • Self-inflicted
  • Assault
• Self-inflicted


  When a person harms him/herself on purpose
• Types of assault


  • Within the family
  • By peers
  • By other groups
  • By the family, peers, or other groups
• Suicide


  The intentional taking of one's own life
• Parasuicide


  A suicide attempt in which a person does not intend to die, often a cry for help
• Recognizing suicidal tendencies


  • Talking about suicide or death
  • Writing farewell letters or giving away valuable things
  • Showing changes in behavior, moods and feelings
• Domestic violence


  When a partner is very jealous, spies, hurts, puts down, forces sex, abuses drugs/alcohol, or has a history of bad relationships
• Children can experience domestic violence in their homes and have lasting problems
• Bullying


  Unwanted, aggressive behavior that is repeated and involves an imbalance of power
• Types of bullying


  • Verbal
  • Social
  • Physical
  • Cyberbullying
• Stalking


  A pattern of behavior that makes the victim feel afraid, nervous, harassed or in danger
• Stalking behaviors


  • Knowing victim's schedule
  • Showing up at places
  • Sending mail, e-mail, and pictures
  • Calling or texting repeatedly
  • Contacting on social media
  • Writing letters
  • Damaging property
  • Creating a website
  • Sending gifts
  • Stealing things
  • Any other actions to contact, harass, track, or frighten
• Extortion


  The act of using force or threats to force people to hand over their money or properties, on favors
• Gang and youth violence


  Relatively tough, mostly street-based group of young people who engage in criminal activity and violence
• Reasons for joining gangs

  • Need to belong
  • Desire for adventure
  • Feeling protected
• Illegal fraternity-related violence


  Violence involving fraternities, groups of people with similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes
• Kidnapping


  Taking away or forcefully moving a person against their will and holding them in captivity, usually for ransom or benefit
• Abduction


  Using deceit or force to take a person, especially a child, away from their home or relatives, often due to emotional reasons
• Types of acts of terror

  • State terrorism
  • Bioterrorism
  • Cyberterrorism
  • Ecoterrorism
  • Nuclear terrorism
  • Narcoterrorism
• Verbal abuse


  The use of words to attack, control, and cause harm on another person
• Characteristics of verbal abuse


  • Hurtful and attacks the person
  • Can be obvious or hidden
  • Controlling and manipulative
  • Dangerous and causes loss of self-confidence
  • Worsens over time
• Incest


  Sexual contact between closely related persons, usually an older family member and a child/adolescent
• Molestation


  The sexual abuse of a person by an adult for sexual pleasure or profit
• Rape


  Forced sexual intercourse, including vaginal, anal, or oral penetration, where the victim does not consent
• Rape is a criminal offense punishable by law
• The basic necessities of mankind include food, clothing and shelter. However, it is not enough that we have these basic needs if we are living in fear and the uncertainty of danger every day. Today, one rising necessity that we need to focus on is safety.
• We are always exposed to dangers, whether we are young or old, rich or poor. It is therefore necessary that we are aware of what these possible dangers are, how all of these can affect us, and how we can prepare ourselves to prevent them from happening or minimize their effects if they happen to us.
• Intentional injuries


  Injuries resulting from violence
• Types of intentional injuries


  • Self-inflicted
  • Assault
• Self-inflicted


  When a person harms him/herself on purpose
• Assault


  When person/persons harm another on purpose
• Classifications of assault


  • Those committed within the family
  • Those committed by peers
  • Those committed by other groups
  • Those committed by the family, peers, or other groups
• Suicide


  The intentional taking of one's own life
• Parasuicide


  A suicide attempt in which a person does not intend to die, often a cry for help
• Many of those who attempt suicide do not receive mental and emotional counselling because their families try to hide the problem because they are ashamed of it. Because of this, the problem is not solved and the attempt to commit suicide happens again. Studies also indicate that other family members are also at risk of committing suicide.
• Parasuicide should be taken seriously because it may also lead to death.
• Clues that may indicate suicidal tendencies


  • Talking about suicide or death
  • Writing farewell letters or giving away valuable things to their friends and siblings
  • Showing changes in behavior, moods and feelings
• Domestic violence


  Violence that occurs within the home, often between intimate partners
• Possible signs that someone is at risk of domestic violence


  • Their partner is very jealous and/or spies on them
  • Their partner will not let them break off the relationship
  • Their partner hurts them in any way, is violent, or brags about hurting other people
  • Their partner puts them down or makes them feel bad
  • Their partner forces them to have sex or makes them afraid to say no to sex
  • Their partner abuses drugs or alcohol; pressures them to use drugs or alcohol
  • Their partner has a history of bad relationships and blames it on others