In this month’s podcast series, The Beat features the CDC: “public health is engaged in this issue of violence because of the huge burden that it takes on the health of individuals and populations in this country. Not only does it result in injury and death, but there’s growing evidence that there are long term consequences to exposure to an involvement with violence that actually, for younger children, can affect the development of their brains and for people at any age, can increase their risk for chronic disease and chronic mental health problems.” go.usa.gov/8YTd
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 19:24:02 +0000