Can we immunize children against violence?
Psychiatric nurses should support best practices to prevent youth violence. The magnitude and significance of youth violence gives us both social and moral mandates to proceed. Health care professionals have made giant strides in sparing our children from the ravages of childhood diseases. Let us try to do the same by preventing the development of violent behaviors.
McGuinness
Teena M
TM
University of South Alabama College of Nursing, Mobile, AL 36688-0002, USA. tmcguinness@usouthal.edu
D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*