Citation

Sakata KN, Egry EY, Narchi NZ. Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP 2014; 48: 197-203.

Affiliation

University of São Paulo, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, São Paulo, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Universidade de Sao Paulo)

DOI

10.1590/S0080-623420140000800029

PMID

25830756

Abstract

The study analyzed The Brazilian Policy for Reduction of Morbidity and Mortality from Accidents and Violence, in the socio-political perspective. We used as a base the chapter "Violence: a global public health problem" from the World Report on Violence and Health. The analysis revealed convergent and divergent elements of the Brazilian Policy in comparison with the international perspectives. We verified that the Brazilian Policy tried to converge to the international policies, however: it emphasizes the health promotion actions, but are limited to the context and behavior of individuals and individual communities; the performance of health professionals is expected without providing more structural investments, as the improvement in work conditions, the increase of financial and material resources; there are few clear definitions of the government and economical sector responsibilities.

Language: en