Citation

Minayo MCS, Souza ER, Paula DR. Cien. Saude Colet. 2010; 15(6): 2709-2718.

Vernacular Title

Revisao sistematica da producao academica brasileira sobre causas externas e

Affiliation

Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21040-361, cecilia@claves.fiocruz.br.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20922280

Abstract

This article presents a review about violence against the elderly, covering the period of 2000 to 2009. The database used in this research was the collection of articles, books, book chapters, manuals and plans of action of the Virtual Library on Violence and Health. We analyzed 115 documents divided into the following categories: falls; external causes and violence in general; epidemiological and socio-epidemiological studies; prevention of violence; violence and accidents in the family; conceptual and methodological review; legal order and denunciation; violence from the elderly's point of view; health services, professionals and caretakers; and construction and validation of research instruments. The results show a relevant increase in production and methodological improvement in public health, social work, law, physiotherapy, nursing, psychology and otorhinolaryngology. However, there are issues that have not been sufficiently approached such as traffic accidents, homicides, suicides, drowning and suffocation.

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