@article{ref1,
title="Temporal trends in physical violence, gender differences and spatial vulnerability of the location of victim's residences",
journal="Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology",
year="2018",
author="Cavalcante, Gigliana Maria Sobral and de Macedo Bernardino, Ítalo and da Nóbrega, Lorena Marques and Ferreira, Raquel Conceição and Ferreira e Ferreira, Efigenia and d'Ávila, Sérgio",
volume="25",
number="",
pages="49-56",
abstract="The aim of study was to describe trends in physical violence among Brazilian victims and investigate spatial vulnerability of the location of victim's residences. This study performed an ecological-level longitudinal analysis, examining violence rates over 4 years. Cases of 4795 victims of physical aggression attended at a Center of Legal Medicine were investigated. Trend analysis was used to evaluate the data, with the creation of polynomial regression models (p < 0.05). Violence rates showed significant temporal variations according to sociodemographic characteristics of victims (p < 0.05) and the circumstances of aggressions (p < 0.05). Moreover, there was a significant increase in violence rate in the North (R<sup>2</sup> = 16.1%; p = 0.019) and South (R<sup>2</sup> = 18.4%; p = 0.010), whereas the rural zone (R<sup>2</sup> = 10.1%; p = 0.028) presented a decrease. The findings highlight the need for protection policies that address spatial-temporal aspects.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1877-5845",
doi="10.1016/j.sste.2018.02.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2018.02.001"
}