Mapeh 9- 4th Grading (Health)
INJURY - a damage to the body that can be a result of an accident or an intentional act
UNINTENTIONAL INJURY - accidents that happen unexpectedly anytime in any place which may cause death
INTENTIONAL INJURY - refer to injuries resulting from intended human actions or activities, of which includes self-inflicted and interpersonal acts of violence that causes harm
EXAMPLES OF INTENTIONAL INJURIES.
A. Bullying
Acts of bullying are types of injuries that are intentionally done.
Cyberbullying is the use of electronic technology like cellular phones, computers, and tablets to threaten and embarrass a person.
Privacy - Your personal information like birth date, address, and school could be viewed by anyone.
Identity Fraud - People can steal your identity which they can use to do illegal things under your name.
Permanency of Online Data - Once something is posted like photos, blogs, and comments, you are adding to your digital identity that can stay online permanently even when data is deleted.
B. Stalking - repeated pattern of actions that makes a victim scared, tense, and harassed. It is when someone frequently makes phone calls or send online messages, follows in his/her whereabouts, and threatens the target person.
C. Extortion - acquiring of a person's property or money against his/her will. Anyone who commits this act is called an extortionist.
D. Gang and Youth Violence - a group of adolescents who band together. Gang members are mostly involved in serious youth violence like extortion, theft, and robbery, selling drugs, causing injuries to their victims, and even killing.
E. Illegal Fraternity-Related Violence - a group with a common purpose or interest. Mostly based in colleges and universities. Becoming a part of a brotherhood would mean undergoing physical and mental initiation rites. These rites include hazing, which is considered illegal in our country, causing a lot of injuries and may lead to death.
F. Kidnapping and Abduction - a criminal offense that involves taking away a person by force and ransoming him/her from his/her family for safe release. A person who keeps a hostage is called a kidnapper. A ransom is a sum of money that has to be given to the kidnapper before the hostage will be set free.
G. Abduction - an unlawful act of taking or stealing a child from his/her parents. It is also a means of destroying a family relationship in cases where the child's parents are divorced or legally separated.
H. Acts of Terror - an act of terror is a criminal act that aims to instigate a state of fear in the general public, a group, or a particular person.
I. Domestic Violence (also called family violence) - is a pattern of abusive behavior of which the purpose is to control family members, children, intimate partners, and spouses.
J. Suicide - is the act of directly killing oneself due to severe depression or other mental illnesses.
Incest - a sexual relationship between close relatives.
Anti-Rape Law of 1997 reclassified rape as a crime against persons from its previous classification as a crime against chastity.
According to Republic Act No. 8353, known as the Anti-Rape Law of 1997, rape is committed under the following circumstances:
a. Molestation is the sexual abuse of an adult to a person, either child or adult, for sexual pleasure. The perpetrator sees the person as a sexual object and gratifies sexual urges
b. Rape is a sexual assault by sexual penetration without consent or when the victim is not capable of giving consent.