Epidemiological Investigation of Violence and related Damage in Clients Referring to Tehran Forensic Medicine Shift Center in 1394
Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention),
Vol. 5 No. 3 (2017),
14 January 2018
,
Page 131 - 125
https://doi.org/10.22037/meipm.v5i3.19828
Abstract
Background and Objective: Violence involves a range of intentional physical, psychological, emotional and verbal acts that have a negative impact on the physical and mental health of the individual. Investigating and identifying the causes of violence and recognizing the harm caused, could help prevent and reduce its physical and psychological complications. Knowing the most vulnerable organs in the quarrels and doing basic research could open up a new horizon in conducting forensic medical operations as well as enabling social pathology for the problem of violence at the community level.
Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as a descriptive case series. In this study, 1000 clients from the night shift centre of the General Directorate of Forensic Medicine of Tehran Province during the period of 2015, who were affected by the onset of violence were investigated. The confidentiality of the clients' information through voluntary data by completing a questionnaire, was observed according to the ethical codes. The injured peoples who were referred by the judicial or police authorities were examined by physicians and their demographic and clinical characteristics were collected in a special questionnaire. Finally, after the encoding their information, they were analyzed by the SPSS software.
Results: 32.5% (188) of the clients were women and 66% (331 people) were men. 342 people were in the range of 40-40 years. The most frequent causes of violence were related to domestic disputes were 16.4%, and after that, the conflict over shared urban and residential spaces was 13.9%. The most common of the beating was by punches at 46% of incidents. Most of the violence time was between 12 noon to 20 PM. Most of the lesions were bruises, redness and blackness (38.2%), 18.5% had previous quarrel history.
Conclusion: The results of the study indicate increased domestic and social conflicts over shared residential. Therefore family counselling should focus on promoting the marital relationships and through discussing psychological problems and strive for better understanding of the household settings. On the other hand, promoting the mental health of the community and educating the public to live according to the proper civil culture and codes required for living peacefully in residential complexes.
How to cite this article:
Rezvani F, Shahnavazi H. Epidemiological Investigation of Violence and related Damage in Clients Referring to Tehran Forensic Medicine Shift Center in 1394. Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat (Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention). 2017; 5(3):125- 131.
- Domestic; Civil; Violence; Family Counselling; Public Education
How to Cite
References
- Razzaghi A, Pourrajabi A, Daneshi S. Obstacles and Problems Related to Elderly Pedestrians: A Qualitative Study. Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention. 2017; 5(2):73-8.
- Shooshtari Sh, Abedi MR, Bahrami M, Samouei R. Women’s Mental Health as the Basis of Preventive Planning for Disasters. Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention. 2017; 5(2):61 -2.
- Murrell AR, Christoff KA, Henning KR. Characteristics of domestic violence offenders: Associations with childhood exposure to violence. Journal of family violence. 2007; 22(7):523-32.
- Peterman LM, Dixon CG. Assessment and evaluation of men who batter women. Journal of Rehabilitation. 2001; 67(4):38.
- World Health Organization. Youth Violence. [Cited 2014/7/26]; Available from: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/youth/en/.
- Noughani F, Mohtashami J. Effect of Education on Prevention of Domestic Violence against Women. Iran J Psychiatry. 2011; 6(2): 80-3[Pub Med].
- Tolman RM, Edleson JF, Fendrich M. The applicability of the theory of planned behavior to abusive men’s cessation of violent behavior. Violence Vict. 1996; 11(4): 341-54 [Pub Med].
- Roberto AJ, Meyer G, Boster FJ, Roberto HL. Adolescents’ Decisions about Verbal and Physical Aggression. Human Communication Research; 29(1):135-47 [Scopus].
- Bakhtiari A, Omidbakhsh N. Assessment of causes and effects of violence against women in the family in cases referred to Legal Medical Center. Sci J Forensic Med 2003; 9(31):127-31.
- Najafi dolatabad S. A survey on physical signs of domestic violence and their severity in women referred to Tehran Legal Medical Center in 2003. IJFM. 2007; 13 (1):30-32
- Arefi M. Descriptive Study of Violence Domestic against Women in Urmia City. Women’s studies. 2003, 1(2):101-120.
- Shabani S, Mansournia N, Mansournia M A, Bahrani N S. Study of the susceptible factors in wife abuse among women referred to karaj forensic medicine center in 2005: a case – control study. Medical Sciences. 2008; 18 (4):269-273.
- Taherkhani S, Mirmohammadali M, Kazemnejad A, Arbabi M. Association experience time and fear of domestic violence with the occurrence of depression in women. IJFM. 2010; 16(2):95-106.
- Bonomi AE, Thompson RS, Anderson M, Reid RJ, Carrell D, Dimer JA, Rivara FP. Intimate partner violence and women’s physical, mental, and social functioning. American journal of preventive medicine. 2006; 30(6):458-66 [Pub Med].
- Aghakhani K, Aghabigloie A, Chehreii A. Evaluation of physical violence by spouse against womens refering to forensic medicine center of Tehran in autumn of 2000. Razi Journal of Medical sciences. 2003; 9(31):485-90.
- Shams esfandabadi H, Emamipour S. Surveying the prevalence of wife abuse and its effective factors. Women in Development & Politics.2003; 1(5): 59-82.
- Balali Meybodi F, Hassani M. Prevalence of violence against women by their partners in Kerman. Iranian journal of psychiatry and clinical psychology. 2009; 15(3):300-7.
- Odujinrin, O. Wife battering in Nigeria. Int J Gynaecol Obstet .1993; 41(2): 159-164 [Pub Med].
- Martin SL, Mackie L, Kupper LL, Buescher PA, Moracco KE. Physical abuse of women before, during, and after pregnancy. Jama. 2001; 285(12):1581-4. [Pub Med].
- Koop CE, Lundberg GD. Violence in America: A public health emergency: Time to bite the bullet back. JAMA. 1992; 267(22):3075-6 [pub med].
- Shalmaii MR, Rakhshani F, Ramezankhani A, Soori H. Effect of education based on the theory of planned behavior on preventive behaviors of aggression. Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention. 2016; 4(1):39-46.
- Abstract Viewed: 490 times
- PDF (فارسی) Downloaded: 164 times