The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira
Data de Publicação: 2005
Outros Autores: Almeida,Maria Cristina de Mattos, Oliveira,Claúdia Di Lorenzo, Friche,Amélia Augusta de Lima, Matos,Sônia Gesteira e, Dias,Maria Angélica Salles, Cunha,Maria da Consolação Magalhães, Pessanha,Eduardo, Proietti,Fernando Augusto
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2005000300032
Resumo: This study aims to determine spatial patterns of mortality and morbidity for five health problems in an urban environment: homicides, adolescent pregnancy, asthma hospitalization, and two vector-borne diseases, dengue and visceral leishmaniasis. All events were obtained through the city health database and geoprocessed using residential addresses and 80 planning units consisting of census tracts. We used thematic maps, proportionate mortality/morbidity ratios by planning unit, and the overlapped rank of the 20th worse planning unit rates for each event. A spatial pattern of high rates of homicides, proportion of young mothers, and hospitalization due to asthma overlapped in socially and economically disadvantaged areas. For the two vector-borne diseases, high rates with great dispersion were found in underprivileged areas, in contrast with very low rates among higher income areas. The results indicated the coexistence of heavier disease burden for residents of urban areas where poverty and lack of effective public health policies may be modulating social health problems. For the two vector-borne diseases, an environmental intervention in one mosquito-borne disease might be playing a role in the other's incidence.
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spelling The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilCitiesSpatial AnalysisUrban HealthThis study aims to determine spatial patterns of mortality and morbidity for five health problems in an urban environment: homicides, adolescent pregnancy, asthma hospitalization, and two vector-borne diseases, dengue and visceral leishmaniasis. All events were obtained through the city health database and geoprocessed using residential addresses and 80 planning units consisting of census tracts. We used thematic maps, proportionate mortality/morbidity ratios by planning unit, and the overlapped rank of the 20th worse planning unit rates for each event. A spatial pattern of high rates of homicides, proportion of young mothers, and hospitalization due to asthma overlapped in socially and economically disadvantaged areas. For the two vector-borne diseases, high rates with great dispersion were found in underprivileged areas, in contrast with very low rates among higher income areas. The results indicated the coexistence of heavier disease burden for residents of urban areas where poverty and lack of effective public health policies may be modulating social health problems. For the two vector-borne diseases, an environmental intervention in one mosquito-borne disease might be playing a role in the other's incidence.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2005-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2005000300032Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.21 n.3 2005reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X2005000300032info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCaiaffa,Waleska TeixeiraAlmeida,Maria Cristina de MattosOliveira,Claúdia Di LorenzoFriche,Amélia Augusta de LimaMatos,Sônia Gesteira eDias,Maria Angélica SallesCunha,Maria da Consolação MagalhãesPessanha,EduardoProietti,Fernando Augustoeng2005-04-27T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2005000300032Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2005-04-27T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
title The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
spellingShingle The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira
Cities
Spatial Analysis
Urban Health
title_short The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
title_full The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
title_fullStr The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
title_sort The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
author Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira
author_facet Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira
Almeida,Maria Cristina de Mattos
Oliveira,Claúdia Di Lorenzo
Friche,Amélia Augusta de Lima
Matos,Sônia Gesteira e
Dias,Maria Angélica Salles
Cunha,Maria da Consolação Magalhães
Pessanha,Eduardo
Proietti,Fernando Augusto
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author2 Almeida,Maria Cristina de Mattos
Oliveira,Claúdia Di Lorenzo
Friche,Amélia Augusta de Lima
Matos,Sônia Gesteira e
Dias,Maria Angélica Salles
Cunha,Maria da Consolação Magalhães
Pessanha,Eduardo
Proietti,Fernando Augusto
author2_role author
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author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira
Almeida,Maria Cristina de Mattos
Oliveira,Claúdia Di Lorenzo
Friche,Amélia Augusta de Lima
Matos,Sônia Gesteira e
Dias,Maria Angélica Salles
Cunha,Maria da Consolação Magalhães
Pessanha,Eduardo
Proietti,Fernando Augusto
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cities
Spatial Analysis
Urban Health
topic Cities
Spatial Analysis
Urban Health
description This study aims to determine spatial patterns of mortality and morbidity for five health problems in an urban environment: homicides, adolescent pregnancy, asthma hospitalization, and two vector-borne diseases, dengue and visceral leishmaniasis. All events were obtained through the city health database and geoprocessed using residential addresses and 80 planning units consisting of census tracts. We used thematic maps, proportionate mortality/morbidity ratios by planning unit, and the overlapped rank of the 20th worse planning unit rates for each event. A spatial pattern of high rates of homicides, proportion of young mothers, and hospitalization due to asthma overlapped in socially and economically disadvantaged areas. For the two vector-borne diseases, high rates with great dispersion were found in underprivileged areas, in contrast with very low rates among higher income areas. The results indicated the coexistence of heavier disease burden for residents of urban areas where poverty and lack of effective public health policies may be modulating social health problems. For the two vector-borne diseases, an environmental intervention in one mosquito-borne disease might be playing a role in the other's incidence.
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