Spatial analysis of elder abuse in a Brazilian municipality

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues,Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Chiaravalloti-Neto,Francisco, Fhon,Jack Roberto Silva, Bolina,Alisson Fernandes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000900201
• topic: Aged; Violence; Elder Abuse; Spatial Analysis; Geographic Mapping

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the spatial distribution of elder abuse in Ribeirão Preto-SP, according to victims’ place of residence and event. Method: an ecological study that analyzed 1,153 elder abuse police reports (2009 to 2013). Local gross and empirical Bayesian rates and Local Moran’s I were calculated. Results: there was a heterogeneous distribution of concentration of sectors with a high incidence rate surrounded by neighbors with also high rates, considering place of residence. In contrast, analysis by place of occurrence showed a greater concentration in the central areas of the municipality. More than 80% of cases of violence occurred at their own homes and with spatial dependence on distribution by occurrence up to a 5,000 m distance from their places of residence. Conclusion: data reinforce that violence is a complex phenomenon, affecting several social strata, including in central urban areas and in elderly people families’ own context.