Citation

Moreira DP, Vieira LJ, Pordeus AM, Lira SV, Luna GL, Silva JG, Machado Mde F. Cien. Saude Colet. 2013; 18(5): 1273-1282.

Vernacular Title

Exposição à violência entre adolescentes de uma comunidade de baixa renda no Nordeste do Brasil.

Affiliation

Escola de Saúde Pública do Ceará, Centro de Educação Permanente em Vigilância da Saúde, Fortaleza, CE, 60165-090, deborahpm@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23670455

Abstract

This a cross-sectional study made in Fortaleza, Ceará, 2009, which included 458 teenagers and analyzed their exposure to violence, describing their access to weapons, alcohol abuse, illegal drug use and their self-esteem by investigating their socio-economic, school and family characteristics and exposure to the phenomenon. A questionnaire and/or structured interviews were used for data collection, and analysis involved Pearson's chi-square test, with 95% reliability. Of the 458 participants, 17.7% were considered to be exposed to criminal violence. Significant variables for exposure to violence included: place of birth (p = 0.020), years of schooling (p = 0,009), school absenteeism (p < 0.001), the father as the head of the family (p = 0.026), alcohol-addicted parents (p < 0.001), good/very good family relationships (p = 0.009), and parents' dissatisfaction with their children's friends (p < 0.001). Thus, it is necessary that public policies focus on a support network for care of adolescents and that urban centers organize themselves socially and politically in the quest for understanding the effects of exposure to violence among adolescents in low-income communities.

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