title: The Brazilian policy for reduction of accidents and violence aligns with international perspectives?
abstract: The study analyzed The Brazilian Policy for Reduction of Morbidity and Mortality from Accidents and Violence, in the socio-political perspective. We used as a base the chapter "Violence: a global public health problem" from the World Report on Violence and Health. The analysis revealed convergent and divergent elements of the Brazilian Policy in comparison with the international perspectives. We verified that the Brazilian Policy tried to converge to the international policies, however: it emphasizes the health promotion actions, but are limited to the context and behavior of individuals and individual communities; the performance of health professionals is expected without providing more structural investments, as the improvement in work conditions, the increase of financial and material resources; there are few clear definitions of the government and economical sector responsibilities.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, School of Nursing, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Karen Namie
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.affiliation: University of São Paulo, School of Nursing, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Emiko Yoshikawa
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Egry
authors.affiliation: University of São Paulo, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nádia Zanon
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Narchi