MEDI6295: Analyzing Aggressive Behavior, Newcastle University

This discussion post delves into the topic of aggressive behavior, defining it as frequent physically harmful or threatening acts, and highlights its prevalence, particularly in the United States and among specific groups in Australia. It emphasizes the correlation between violence and negative health outcomes, including injuries, psychological disorders, and substance abuse. The post identifies causative factors such as child abuse and socioeconomic disadvantages, stressing the importance of empathetic communication and health education by community nurses. It advocates for expanding healthcare services to underserved communities and promoting awareness to address the root causes of aggression and violence. This resource is available for students on Desklib, offering a platform for accessing similar solved assignments and study tools.

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DISCUSSION POST: AGGRESSIVE PERSON
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An aggressive person can be implied as an individual who is displays a frequent behavior
of physically harmful or threatening acts towards society, irrespective of societal norms and
standards (1). While there seems to be lack of considerable evidence considering the true
demographics of violent behavior across a global scale, high rates of societal violence and
aggression continue to exist two fold in the United States, as compared to other countries (2). In
Australia, higher rates of violence have been demonstrated across Indigenous groups,
socioeconomically disadvantages communities and among males (3). If left untreated, high
prevalence of violence and aggressive behavior results in increased rates of injuries, disabilities,
deaths and associated psychological and physiological disorders such as alcohol and substance
abuse, depression, anxiety, smoking, sleeplessness HIV aid and sexually transmitted diseases.
underlying causative factors which may contribute to high rates of community and societal
violence include histories of child abuse, bullying, sexual violence, or domestic and intimate
partner violence (4). Hence, community nurses must consider these key demographic
characteristics underlying violence and aggression when dealing with such a patient. Nurses
must engage in empathetic, compassionate and patient communication coupled with active
listening in order to gently persuade and calm the person and obtain information on underlying
reasons and histories leading to such behaviors (5). Community nurses and the community health
organization must seek to promote health education and awareness concerning the reasons for
aggression and violence. Considering the financial and social disadvantages as causative factors,
community nurses and health organizations must seek to expand their services to remote or
underprivileged areas or engage in advocacy to garner support for such disadvantaged, high risk
communities (6).

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