A public health framework to translate risk factors related to political violence and war into multi-level preventive interventions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-79

  De Jong, Joop T V M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Diplomacy; Economy; Education; Interventions; Military; Political violence; Prevention; Traumatic stress; War

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LOCAL ECONOMY; MILITARY INTERVENTION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PEACE PROCESS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MILITARY SERVICE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 70649099223     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Addison T. Aid and conflict. In: Tarp F. (Ed). Foreign aid and development: Lessons learnt and directions for the future (2000), Routledge, London 329-408
2. Asia Watch & Physicians for Human Rights. Land mines in Cambodia: The coward's war (1991), Asia Watch & Physicians for Human Rights, New York/Boston
3. Baker P.H., and Ausink J.A. State collapse and ethnic violence: toward a predictive model. Parameters 26 1 (1995) 19-36
4. Balla E., and Yannitell Reinhardt G. Giving and receiving foreign aid: does conflict count?. World Development 36 12 (2008) 2566-2585
5. In: Bannon I., and Collier P. (Eds). Natural resources and violent conflict: Options and actions I (2003), The World Bank, Washington, DC
6. Beyrer C., Villar J.C., Suwanvanichkij V., Singh S., Baral S.D., and Mills E.J. Neglected diseases, civil conflicts, and the right to health. Lancet 370 (2007) 619-627
7. Carnegie Commission on Preventing deadly Conflict. Preventing deadly conflict: Final report (1997), Carnegie Corporation, New York, NY
8. Collier P., Elliott V.L., Hegre H., Hoeffler A., Reynal-Querol M., and Sambanis N. Breaking the conflict trap: Civil war and development policy. World Bank Policy Research Report (2003), World Bank and Oxford University Press, Washington
9. Davenport, C., & Stam, A. (2004). Available from http://www.genodynamics.com.
10. In: De Jong J. (Ed). Trauma, war and violence: Public mental health in socio-cultural context (2002), Plenum-Kluwer, New York
11. Deutsch M. The prevention of WW-III: a psychological perspective. Political Psychology 4 (1983) 3-31
12. Esty, D. E., Goldstone, J. A., Gurr, T. R., Surko, P. T., & Unger, A. N. (1995). Working papers: State Failure Task Force Report. Nov. 30.
13. Fairbank J., de Jong J., Friedman M., Green B., et al. Integrated intervention strategies for traumatic stress. In: Green B., Friedman M., Jong, de J., Keane T., Solomon S., and Fairbank J.A. (Eds). Trauma internetions in war and peace: Prevention, practice, and policy (2003), Plenum-Kluwer, New York
14. Farmer P. Pathologies of power: Health, human rights, and the new war on the poor (2003), University of California Press, California
15. Ghobaraha H.A., Huthb P., and Russettc B. The post-war public health effects of civil conflict. Social Science & Medicine 59 (2004) 869-884
16. Girard R. Deceit, desire and the novel. (Y. Freccero, Trans.) (1976), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
17. Hegre H., and Sambanis N. Sensitivity analysis of empirical results on civil war onset. The Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 4 (2006) 508-535
18. Hewitt J. Trends in global conflict, 1946-2005. In: Hewitt J., Wilkenfeld J., and Gurr T. (Eds). Peace and conflict 2008 (2008), Paradigm Publisher, Boulder
19. Hobfoll S.E. Stress, culture and community: The psychology and philosophy of stress (1998), Plenum Press, New York
20. Janis I. Victims of groupthink. 2nd ed. (1982), Houghton-Mifflin, Boston
21. Kleinman A., Das V., and Lock M. Social suffering (1997), University of California Press, Berkley
22. Lim M., Metzler R., and Bar-Yam Y. Global pattern formation and ethnic/cultural violence. Science 317 (2007) 1540-1544
23. Machel G. Impact of armed conflict on children: Report of the Expert Group of the Secretary General (1996), United Nations, New York
24. Murdock J.C., and Sandler T. Economic growth, civil wars, and spatial spillovers. Journal of Conflict Resolution 46 1 (2002) 91-110
25. Murray C.J.L., and Lopez A.D. Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990-2020: Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet 349 (1997) 1498-1504
26. Orbinski J., Beyrer C., and Singh S. Violations of human rights: health practitioners as witnesses. Lancet 370 (2007) 698-704
27. Pedersen D. Political violence, ethnic conflict, and contemporary wars: broad implications for health and social well-being. Social Science & Medicine 55 (2002) 175-190
28. Pinstrup-Andersen P., and Shimokawa S. Do poverty and poor health and nutrition increase the risk of armed conflict onset?. Food Policy 33 (2008) 513-520
29. Reynal-Querol M. Does democracy preempt civil wars?. European Journal of Political Economy 21 (2005) 445-465
30. Sackett D.L., Rosenberg W.M., Gray J.A., Haynes R.B., and Richardson W.S. Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't. British Medical Journal 312 (1996) 71-72
31. Staub E. The roots of evil: The psychological and cultural origins of genocide and other forms of group violence (1993), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
32. Stewart F., Cindy H., and Michael W. Internal wars: an empirical overview of the economic and social consequences. In: Stewart F., and Fitzgerald V. (Eds). War and underdevelopment: The economic and social consequences of conflict Vol. 1 (2001), Oxford University Press, Oxford 67-103
33. US Committee on Prevention of Disorder. Reducing risks for mental disorders: Frontiers for preventive intervention research (1994), National Academy Press, Washington, DC
34. In: Van Boven T., Flinterman C., Grünfeld F., and Westendrop I. (Eds). Seminar on the rights to restitution, compensation and rehabilitation for victims of gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms (1992), University of Limburg, Maastricht
35. WHO. World report on violence and health (2002), World Health Organization, Geneva