Abstract

HIJAR-MEDINA, MARTHA; LOPEZ-LOPEZ, MARÍA VICTORIA  and  BLANCO-MUNOZ, JULIA. Violence and health effects: Theoric analysis and problem magnitude in Mexico. Salud pública Méx [online]. 1997, vol.39, n.6, pp. 565-572. ISSN 0036-3634.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-36341997000600010.

Our understanding of violence gains from perspectives contributed by several different disciplines. The differences among goals and points of view are often reflected in their vocabularies and interfere in to integrate the advances by each of them. Three big disciplines have been studies violence, those are: Social Sciences, Criminal Justice and most recently Public Health this paper present discuss the theoric perspectives by discipline and try to dimensionated the Violence problem measure by Mortality and Morbidity by Intentional Injuries in Mexico.

Keywords : violence; public health; Mexico.