Australia’s Response to Violence
0th December
A one-day conference entitled Violence and Health: Australian Responses will be held on Monday (18 November) at the University of New South Wales. The conference will examine what Australia is doing now, and could do, to address all forms of violence.
Professor Anthony Zwi, head of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has organised the forum to explore Australian responses to violence in general and, in particular, to the issues raised by the recently released World Health Organisation document, World Report on Violence and Health. The report deals with the different forms of violence, ranging from child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, sexual violence, abuse of the elderly, self-directed violence and suicide, to collective or state violence, and calls for plans of action to be developed in response.
Zwi, one of the international report’s co-editors, says the forum will bring together a range of professionals, including practitioners and policy makers, to reflect on current activities and programs and share those lessons learned in tackling different types of violence. The conference is likely to endorse the value of early interventions – whether with families, communities, or countries at risk of violence.
Zwi believes that an Australian role in responding to collective violence should include work to promote regional stability in some of our Pacific neighbours, through public health and other measures designed to support more equitable developments.
To obtain details of the forum, please contact Aoife Flanagan or visit the website of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
WHAT: Violence and Health: Australian Responses conference
WHEN: Monday 18 November 2002, 10am - 4.30pm
WHERE: Tyree Room, The Scientia Building, UNSW
CONTACT DETAILS: Louisa Wright, UNSW Media office, tel. 9385 3644 or Professor Anthony Zwi, Head, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW, tel. 9385 3811.
Professor Anthony Zwi, head of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has organised the forum to explore Australian responses to violence in general and, in particular, to the issues raised by the recently released World Health Organisation document, World Report on Violence and Health. The report deals with the different forms of violence, ranging from child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, sexual violence, abuse of the elderly, self-directed violence and suicide, to collective or state violence, and calls for plans of action to be developed in response.
Zwi, one of the international report’s co-editors, says the forum will bring together a range of professionals, including practitioners and policy makers, to reflect on current activities and programs and share those lessons learned in tackling different types of violence. The conference is likely to endorse the value of early interventions – whether with families, communities, or countries at risk of violence.
Zwi believes that an Australian role in responding to collective violence should include work to promote regional stability in some of our Pacific neighbours, through public health and other measures designed to support more equitable developments.
To obtain details of the forum, please contact Aoife Flanagan or visit the website of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
WHAT: Violence and Health: Australian Responses conference
WHEN: Monday 18 November 2002, 10am - 4.30pm
WHERE: Tyree Room, The Scientia Building, UNSW
CONTACT DETAILS: Louisa Wright, UNSW Media office, tel. 9385 3644 or Professor Anthony Zwi, Head, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW, tel. 9385 3811.
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