Violence prevention and health promotion

Abstract

The authors choose a convenient moment for bringing up the discussion of a subject rarely presented in the literature: violence against people with disability. The article fits well with the recommendations of the Brazilian Policy of Reduction of Morbidity/Mortality by Accidents and Violence 1 , which introduced the issue of violence in connection with health promotion. The expansion of the issue of violence, now related to a national public policy, is an important strategy in the attempt to reduce impairments resulting from violence in its different forms. The focus of the article, providing insight into the scenarios that allow for understanding the association between poverty, disability and violence, make it of huge importance.