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Joint Academic Seminar Organized by Medical and
Health Research Network and
Centre on Behavioral Health
Date: June 12, 2003 (Thursday)
Time: 12:30 to 14:00
Venue: Seminar Room 5, LG 1, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine
Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam
Violence is broadly defined as the
intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual,
against oneself, another person, or against a group or community,
that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in
injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.
It can take different forms, for examples, physical, sexual, psychological
and deprivation, and can be present at different stages of life.
Violence is a major cause of mortality and morbidity and it can
be a major threat to the health of people.
Violence is undoubtedly a health
issue, and the problem of violence can be examined by different
perspectives, such as crime control or human rights violation. However,
limited attempt has been made by the medical and health system for
the prevention of violence, and that victims of violence are often
only presented to the medical and health system when they are being
injured.
In Hong Kong, violence is tackled
by different agencies and often coordinated by the Social Welfare
Department. There seems to be lacking of a comprehensive overview
and policy on the issue of violence.
With the World Health Organization's
(WHO) recent attempt to introduce an evidence-based public health
approach to violence for improving the management of its consequences
and the promotion of greater intersectoral involvement in its prevention,
will Hong Kong be able to follow the WHO recommendations and to
reformulate the policy against violence?
Dr TW Wong is currently consultant
of the Accident & Emergency Department at Pamela Youde Nethersole
Eastern Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department
of Anaesthesia at the University of Hong Kong. He is also the President
of Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine.
Recent publications by Dr TW Wong:
- Wong E, Wong TW, Chung M, Lau
CC. Knowledge and beliefs of parents of asthmatic children presenting
to an emergency department. Hong Kong j emerg med 2001;8(4):202-6.
- Choi SY, Wong TW, Lau CC, Liang
E, Fu YK, Khoo J. A study on the use of abdominal X-ray in an
emergency department. Hong Kong j emerg med 2002;9(1):30-3.
- Wong AY, Wong TW, Lau PF, Lau
CC. Attitude towards rape among doctors working in the emergency
department. Eur J Emerg Med 2002 Jun;9(2):123-6.
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