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risk behaviors: intentional injury  

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  • According to the World Health Organization (WHO), violence is defined as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against another person or against a group or community that results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation” (2002, p. 4). [Source: Encyclopedia of School Health; Risk Behaviors: Intentional Injury]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/risk_behaviors:_intentional_injury

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