Completely exclude humans from proximity to energy source 4. Strengthen ordinances against dangerous behaviors D. Community based approaches to the prevention of unintentional injuries. Education is the process of changing people's health directed behavior to reduce unintentional injuries. Regulation is the enactment and enforcement of laws to control conduct to reduce unintentional injuries. Automatic protection is the technique of designing a product or the environment to reduce unintentional injuries.
Litigation is the process of seeking justice for injury through the courts.
Intentional Injuries are the Outcome of Self-Directed or Interpersonal Violence A. Scope of the problem 1. More than 50,000 people die each year from intentional injuries. About 1.4 million receive nonfatal injuries as a result of interpersonal violence, in 1994. B. Types of intentional injuries include, assault, abuse, rape, robbery, homicide, and suicide. There were 10.9 million violent crimes committed in 1994 of which 2.7 million resulted in an injury to the victim.