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Social violence: a theoretical discussion on public health

This articicle is a part of a research developed by the author. Its aims at analysing aspects of social violence in order to support an aproach to this problem in the field of public health. Therefore a theoretical discussion is presented. Finally, the author concludes that the interdisciplinary view and the intersectional actions are necessary for public health aiming at efficiently dealing with the complexity of social violence.

social violence; public health; sociology


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