AN EMERGENCY-MEDICINE APPROACH TO VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE LIFE-CYCLE

This document by the SAEM Public Health and Education Committee outlin es the public health impact of interpersonal violence as it pertains t o acute emergency care. This paper provides an overview of violence th rough the life cycle (i.e., child abuse, youth violence, intimate viol ence, and elderly abuse). It also makes specific recommendations regar ding the role emergency physicians can play in reducing violence throu gh medical education, research, surveillance, public education, advoca cy, and clinical practice.