@article{ref1,
title="Cases of violence against people with disabilities notified by Brazilian health services, 2011-2017",
journal="Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil",
year="2021",
author="Mello, Nicole Freitas de and Pereira, Éverton Luís and Pereira, Vinícius Oliveira de Moura and Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="e2020747-e2020747",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To describe cases of violence against people with disabilities notified by Brazilian health services between 2011 and 2017. <br><br>METHODS: This was a descriptive study of secondary data on notifications of violence against people with disabilities recorded on the Notifiable Health Conditions Information System (Sinan). <br><br>RESULTS: 116,219 cases of violence against people with disabilities were recorded in the period. Most of the victims were female (67%), White (50.7%), between 20 and 59 years old (61.6%) and mentally disabled (58.1%), with multiple disabilities occurring frequently (15.9%), especially mental and intellectual disabilities. Self-inflicted violence accounted for 44.5% of notifications. Physical violence was the most reported (51.6%), and in 36.5% of notifications the probable aggressor was a family member. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The description of cases of violence against people with disabilities notified by Brazilian health services can contribute to the formulation and improvement of public policies to address this important problem.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1679-4974",
doi="10.1590/S1679-49742021000300007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-49742021000300007"
}