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Types of Intentional Injuries Explained

The document discusses intentional injuries, categorized into self-inflicted injuries and assault, with a focus on suicide, parasuicide, domestic violence, and bullying. It outlines the characteristics and warning signs of suicidal tendencies, the nature of domestic violence, and various forms of bullying, including verbal, social, physical, and cyberbullying. The information emphasizes the impact of these injuries on individuals and the importance of recognizing and addressing them.

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Types of Intentional Injuries Explained

The document discusses intentional injuries, categorized into self-inflicted injuries and assault, with a focus on suicide, parasuicide, domestic violence, and bullying. It outlines the characteristics and warning signs of suicidal tendencies, the nature of domestic violence, and various forms of bullying, including verbal, social, physical, and cyberbullying. The information emphasizes the impact of these injuries on individuals and the importance of recognizing and addressing them.

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HEALTH 9

INTENTIONAL
INJURIES:
TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS
INTENTIONAL INJURIES
• Injuries resulting from
violence
• Divided into two:
• Self inflicted- (when a
person harm himself or
herself on purpose)
• Assault – (When a
person/s harm others on
purpose)
SELF INFLICTED INJURIES
SELF INFLICTED INJURIES
Suicide
Parasuicide
SUICIDE
• is the intentional taking
of one’s own life.
• Studies also indicate that
other family members
are also risk of
committing suicide.
PARASUICIDE
• a suicide attempt in which a
person does not intend to die
• It is often a cry for help
meaning, the person wants
others to know what s/he is
feeling.
SOME CLUES OF PEOPLE
WITH SUICIDAL
TENDENCIES:
THE PERSON GIVES CLUES THROUGH
HIS/HER BEHAVIOR AND SPEECH.

Talking about suicide or death


Writing farewell letters or giving away
valuable things to their friends and
siblings
Showing changes in behavior, moods
and feelings
ASSAULT
 Domestic Violence
 Bullying
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
is an act that includes physical
assault (hitting, pushing, shoving
etc.), sexual abuse (unwanted or
forced sexual activity) and verbal
abuse.
DOMESTICS VIOLENCE
INCLUDES ABUSE AND
ACTIONS SUCH AS:
• name-calling or putdowns
• keeping a partner from contacting
his/her family or friends
• stopping a partner from getting or
keeping a job
• actual or threatened physical harm
• sexual assault
• stalking
• intimidation
POSSIBLE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE?
Anyone can be a victim, or is at risk of it, especially if his/her partner:
is very jealous and/ or spies on him/her
will not let him/her break off the relationship
hurts him/her in any way, is violent, or brags about hurting other
people
puts him/her down or makes him/her feel bad
forces him/her to have sex or makes him/her afraid to say no to sex
abuses drugs or alcohol; pressures him/her to use drugs or alcohol
has a history of bad relationship and blames it on others
BULLYING
BULLYING
• is an unwanted, aggressive behavior.
• In order to be considered bullying, the
behavior must aggressive and include:
• An imbalance of power:
• Repetition:
AN IMBALANCE OF POWER

• Kids who bully use


their power-such as
physical strength,
access to
embarrassing
information, or
popularity-to control
or harm others.
REPETITION
• Bullying behavior happen
more than once or have
the potential to happen
more than once.
DIFFERENT
CLASSIFICATION OF
BULLYING
VERBAL BULLYING
• saying or written means and nasty
things.
• It includes:
• Teasing
• Name-calling
• Making inappropriate sexual
comments
• Taunting
• Threatening to cause harm
SOCIAL BULLYING
• sometimes referred to as
relational bullying.
• Hurting someone’s reputation or
relationship.
• It includes:
• Telling other children not to be
friends with someone
• Spreading rumors about someone
• Embarrassing someone in public
PHYSICAL BULLYING
• hurting a person’s body or
destroying his/her possessions.
• It includes:
• Hitting/kicking/pinching
• Spitting
• Tripping/pushing
• Taking or breaking someone’s
things
• Making mean or rude hand gestures
CYBERBULLYING
• verbal and social bullying
done through use of
technology and electronics
means. It includes:
• Using social media
• Using mobile devices
• Using electronics mails

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