Violence Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Finding a Place on the Global Agenda: Workshop Summary (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Other participants in the workshop included those with a wide array of expertise in fields related to health, criminal justice, and economic development, as well as representatives from U.S. government agencies, private philanthropic foundations, nonprofit organizations in the private sector, the U.S.
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WORKSHOP MESSAGES One of the overarching messages from the workshop is that violence is costly in both human and monetary costs. In 2000, more than 1.5 million deaths globally were attributed to violence compared to other public health priorities.
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However, disciplines beyond those traditionally associated with health and health care are also advocating for an increased use of science-based approaches to better understand the patterns of violence, its risk and protective factors, and the needs of its victims, as well as to build evidence and apply best practices to pathways for intervention. It was also acknowledged that using public health science to help understand the variance in rates and types of violence can lead to risk identification and prevention in much the same way public health has exploited such variations in cancer and other diseases to identify prevention strategies.
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Other suggestions for progressive action steps included • learning from and linking to other economic development or health initiatives (such as HIV/AIDS or maternal and child health) as platforms from which the nascent violence prevention efforts can be launched, but continuing to build a coalition to promote widespread formal financial and programmatic support for violence prevention; • developing collaborative relationships with reporters to influence how violence is covered in local and global news to examine the root causes of violence and pathways of prevention versus coverage of the consequences; • conveying the critical message to organized philanthropy and government to continue funding and program implementation when true positive effects are seen.
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From the private sector, the InterAmerican Development Bank and the International Justice Mission face different challenges than government agencies when involved in violence prevention because they are permitted by their organizational charters to engage in global activities; but they share challenges that stem from a reliance on the country governments and civil societies in which they work to prioritize violence for action, provide leadership, allocate resources, or request additional assistance to increase their attention to violence prevention.
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public and private sectors, which can be found in the last chapter. The most often cited were • integrating violence prevention with economic development and corporate interests; • using the evidence base and precise language to tailor arguments for violence prevention to potential partners; • building capacity in developing countries to contribute to the evidence base for violence prevention, while advocating for administrative, policy, or legislative changes that increase the ability of U.S.
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