@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological characteristics of violence against women in the Federal District, Brazil, 2009-2012",
journal="Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil",
year="2016",
author="Silva, Lídia Ester Lopes da and Oliveira, Maria Liz Cunha de",
volume="25",
number="2",
pages="331-342",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: to describe the epidemiological characteristics of cases of violence against women reported in the Federal District, Brazil, 2009-2012. <br><br>METHODS:: this was a descriptive study of cases of violence against women aged 18- 59 registered on the National Notifiable Diseases System (Sinan). <br><br>RESULTS:: 1,924 cases of violence against women were registered, the perpetrators of which were identified as unknown (25.7%) or spouses (19.0%) of the victims; violence mainly occurred against women of brown skin color (25.0%) and in the domestic environment (38.5%); regarding violence type, physical violence (46.8%) by force (48.0%) stood out, whereby the genitals (15.7%) and the head (12.9%) were the most affected regions. <br><br>CONCLUSION:: physical violence in domestic environments by unknown aggressors was the main type of violence among the reported cases; shortcomings were identified in recording reported cases, showing the need to improve system quality and train health workers involved.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="1679-4974",
doi="10.5123/S1679-49742016000200012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742016000200012"
}