Violence
Despite falling global rates in recent decades, men twice as likely to die by suicide
A death from suicide occurs every 43 seconds worldwide annually, according to an analysis published in The Lancet Public Health.
More than 1 in 10 children globally report experiencing sexual harassment, violence
More than one in 10 children worldwide reported experiencing sexual violence, according to a large meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Intimate partner violence is connected to half of homicides against Hispanic, Latino women
Homicide related to violence committed by an intimate partner served as a leading cause of death among individuals of Hispanic and Latino descent, according to a recent issue of MMWR Surveillance Summaries.
‘It’s not mental health’: Experts attribute rise in mass violence to ‘hate and anger’
In the United States, mass violence has slightly increased, accounting for 1% of homicides in 2023 vs. 0.2% from 2000 to 2016, according to a report by the Medical Director Institute of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.
USPSTF recommends physicians screen pregnant, postpartum women for domestic violence
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that clinicians screen for intimate partner violence in postpartum or pregnant people and women of reproductive age.
Q&A: Rising temperatures linked to anger, violence
Research into the relationship between rising temperatures and rates of violence in different settings has existed for decades, according to Jack Rozel, MD, MSL.
Study: Violence against pediatric health care workers largely unreported
Health care-associated violence in pediatrics often goes unreported and mostly involves people other than the patient, according to findings from two studies published in Pediatrics.
Black men disproportionally affected by firearm violence
Black individuals experienced nonfatal firearm assaults at a rate 20 times higher than their white counterparts in 2019 and 2020, according to new study results published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis in US
United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, declared firearm violence a public health crisis in the United States and called for more strategies to prevent firearm-related injuries and deaths.
Top in allergy/asthma: Updates from the American Thoracic Society International Conference
A presenter at the American Thoracic Society International Conference reported that exposure to violence was associated with neutrophilic asthma among children and adolescents in Puerto Rico.