Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020

 

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Autores: Teixeira Martins, Marcos Vinicius, Perius de Brito, Veronica, Mirane Malta Carrijo, Alice, Vilges de Oliveira, Stefan
Formato: texto
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2023
Descripción:Introduction: Violence is a complex phenomenon that affects individuals of different genders, ages, ethnicities and social classes, being considered an important public health problem in Brazil and in the world. Methodology: Study with a quantitative, epidemiological and analytical approach, whose objective was to characterize the main indicators and the way they are associated with violence in Brazil according to their forms, means and circumstances of occurrence, from 2011 to 2020. A dendrogram was produced through the combined application of Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Hierarchical Clustering techniques, characterizing the main profiles associated with violence in Brazil. Results: Violence is established as a complex and multicausal phenomenon, which results not only in high public expenditures, but mainly in the reduction of social cohesion due to the immeasurable damage caused to the population involved. In the present study, the violence is mostly of the physical type, affecting adult females, with low schooling and white or brown. Recurrence occurs mainly when the violence is psychological and sexual. As for the aggressor, they are usually adults, male, and the use of alcohol is common. An important participation of the Southeast region was observed in the notifications of all forms of violence. Conclusions: The magnitude and severity of the problem is brought into question, which must be investigated regionally and in a segmented manner, according to the type of violence. Thus, it infers that spending on violence prevention can mitigate economic, social and psychological problems in Brazil.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/52900
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/52900
Palabra clave:Violence
Social determinants of health
Public health
Analytical epidemiology
Violencia
Determinantes sociales de la salud
Salud pública
Epidemiología analítica