Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020
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...
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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.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6a43467dbc394c3eaf732d2cde2841f52023-07-01T14:32:26ZspaCentro Centroamericano de PoblaciónPoblación y Salud en Mesoamérica1659-02012023-06-0121110.15517/psm.v21i1.52900Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020Marcos Vinicius Teixeira Martins0Veronica Perius de Brito1Alice Mirane Malta Carrijo2Stefan Vilges de Oliveira3Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, BRAZILFederal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, BRAZILFederal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, BRAZILFederal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, BRAZIL 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. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/52900ViolenceSocial determinants of healthPublic healthAnalytical epidemiology |
| spellingShingle | Marcos Vinicius Teixeira Martins Veronica Perius de Brito Alice Mirane Malta Carrijo Stefan Vilges de Oliveira Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020 Población y Salud en Mesoamérica Violence Social determinants of health Public health Analytical epidemiology |
| title | Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020 |
| title_full | Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020 |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020 |
| title_short | Epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in Brazil from 2011 to 2020 |
| title_sort | epidemiological and conjunctural characterization of violence in brazil from 2011 to 2020 |
| topic | Violence Social determinants of health Public health Analytical epidemiology |
| url | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/52900 |
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