232220 Violence in the Border Region: A Public Health Perspective

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 : 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Ricardo Jimenez, MPH , US-Mexico Border Office, PAHO, El Paso, TX
        
The Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office of the World Health Organization has been providing technical cooperation in violence and injury prevention for over a decade. The World Health Reports define and present a situation analysis of violence and injuries in the various regions of the world, including the types of violence, causal and risk factors and the epidemiology of violence and injuries. The violence and injury related statistics on the US-Mexico Border Region will be discussed and the special case of Ciudad Juarez as well as the Juarez violence and injury prevention observatory will be presented.

Learning Areas:
Diversity and culture
Occupational health and safety
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
1) Describe the public health perspective and framework for violence and injury prevention 2)Review the application of the observatory methodology

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am in charge of a violence prevention program (funded by USAID) in Cuidad Juarex, Chihuahua, Mexico as a joint venture between PAHO's US-Mexico Border Office and the National Accident Prevention Center in Mexico City.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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