TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Temporal trends in physical violence, gender differences and spatial vulnerability of the location of victim's residences
JO  - Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology
A1  - Cavalcante, Gigliana Maria Sobral
A1  - de Macedo Bernardino, Ítalo
A1  - da Nóbrega, Lorena Marques
A1  - Ferreira, Raquel Conceição
A1  - Ferreira e Ferreira, Efigenia
A1  - d'Ávila, Sérgio
SP  - 49
EP  - 56
VL  - 25
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1877-5845
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sste.2018.02.001
ID  - ref1
ER  -