Violence, violence prevention, and safety: A research agenda for South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 215-218

  Ward, Catherine L ^a,b   Artz, Lillian ^a   Berg, Julie ^a,c   Boonzaier, Floretta ^a,b   Crawford Browne, Sarah ^a,d   Dawes, Andrew ^a,b   Foster, Donald ^a,b   Matzopoulos, Richard ^a,e   Nicol, Andrew ^a,f   Seekings, Jeremy ^a,b   van As, Arjan B ^a   Van Der Spuy, Elrena ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (South Africa)

^c Health and Justice Research Unit   (South Africa)

^d Centre of Criminology   (South Africa)

^e School of Public Health and Family Medicine   (South Africa)

^f Medical Research Council's Burden of Diseases Research Unit   (South Africa)

^g Centre for Social Science Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CURRICULUM; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; POLICE; POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84859179089     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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