Prevalence of violence against children, adolescents, women and older adults in the municipality of Porto Alegre from 2017 to 2019

• Autor(a) principal: Figueiredo, Marcia Cançado
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Bassôa, Mathias Pinto Gomes, Potrich, Ana Rita Vianna, Gouvêa, Daiana Back
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3377
• topic: Violência; Exposição à violência; Violência doméstica; Violência Doméstica; Violencia doméstica; Intento de suicidio; Residencia; Violencia doméstica; Violence; Exposure to violence; Domestic violence; Domestic Violence

This study outlines the sociodemographic profile of children, adolescents, women and older adults victim of violence in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, from January 2017 to December 2019. A quantitative, epidemiological research research focused on records involving children, adolescents, women and older adults was carried out. Data were collected from the notifications registered at the Information System for Notifiable Diseases, made available by the Chronic and Non-Communicable Diseases Surveillance Team of the Health Surveillance Coordination from the Porto Alegre Municipal Health Department. Year of notification, age, gender, race/ethnicity, place of occurrence, recurrence, type of violence, gender of the aggressor and referrals were the variables analyzed. The search found 8394 cases, with the highest prevalence of notifications reported in 2019 (25.90%). Of these, 30.34% referred to children, 22.81% to adolescents, 40.65% to women, and 6.18% to older adults. Most cases happened to white color (72.49%), by suicide attempt (29.96%) at home (71.63%). In conclusion, reports of violence against children, adolescents, women and older adults in the municipality of Porto Alegre increased from 2017 to 2019.