Title |
Características epidemiológicas da violência contra a mulher no Distrito Federal, 2009 a 2012
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Published in |
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, June 2016
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DOI | 10.5123/s1679-49742016000200012 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Lídia Ester Lopes da Silva, Maria Liz Cunha de Oliveira |
Abstract |
to describe the epidemiological characteristics of cases of violence against women reported in the Federal District, Brazil, 2009-2012. this was a descriptive study of cases of violence against women aged 18- 59 registered on the National Notifiable Diseases System (Sinan). 1,924 cases of violence against women were registered, the perpetrators of which were identified as unknown (25.7%) or spouses (19.0%) of the victims; violence mainly occurred against women of brown skin color (25.0%) and in the domestic environment (38.5%); regarding violence type, physical violence (46.8%) by force (48.0%) stood out, whereby the genitals (15.7%) and the head (12.9%) were the most affected regions. physical violence in domestic environments by unknown aggressors was the main type of violence among the reported cases; shortcomings were identified in recording reported cases, showing the need to improve system quality and train health workers involved. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 6 | 67% |
Brazil | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 9 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 75 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 12 | 16% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 16% |
Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 9% |
Professor | 6 | 8% |
Other | 9 | 12% |
Unknown | 21 | 28% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 20% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 19% |
Psychology | 9 | 12% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 8% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 1% |
Other | 5 | 7% |
Unknown | 25 | 33% |