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O femicídio é a morte intencional de uma mulher pelo fato de ser mulher. O termo permite diferenciar os crimes por violência de gênero dos homicídios de mulheres em outras circunstâncias. O objetivo deste trabalho é caracterizar os femicídios, também chamados feminicídios, que ocorreram em 2015 em Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil. Foram tomadas como fonte de informação as declarações de óbitos de residentes da cidade cuja causa básica do óbito foi classificada como causa externa. Entrevistas semiestruturadas foram realizadas aplicando-se o método de autópsia verbal, e, classificados os casos de femicídio como: íntimo, não íntimo e por conexão. No ano de 2015, foram recebidas 582 declarações de óbitos por causas externas, 185 corresponderam a homicídios, sendo 26 (14,1%) femininos. Dentre esses, 19 foram classificados como femicídio. A média de idade das vítimas foi de 31,5 anos (desvio padrão 7,18 anos). A maioria correspondeu a mulheres brancas (47,4%), com Ensino Fundamental (52,6%), solteiras (63,2%), com filhos (84,2%). As mortes, em geral, ocorreram por mecanismos altamente violentos, na forma de agressão física e sexual. Os assassinatos foram perpetrados no domicílio da vítima, com arma branca ou de fogo, com expressiva violência, motivados, principalmente, pelo desejo de separação da vítima, ciúmes e desentendimento com o agressor. Em Campinas, o coeficiente de mortalidade por femicídio foi de 3,2 por 100 mil mulheres em 2015, o que correspondeu à morte de uma em cada 31.250 mulheres no ano. Os resultados da pesquisa permitem ver que o femicídio na cidade é a principal categoria entre os homicídios femininos. As consequências desse tipo de violência são consideráveis em termos de violação de direitos humanos. Este estudo auxilia a compreensão das motivações e consequências da violência contra a mulher e contribui para uma melhor visibilidade sobre o tema.

BackgroundTo analyze perceptions of health-related quality of life and associated factors in populations from the Manaus Metropolitan Region.MethodsWe conducted a population-based cross-sectional study from May to August 2015. Adults aged 18 years and older were selected using probabilistic three-phase cluster sampling and stratified by sex and age, based on official estimates. Quality of life data were collected using the European Quality of Life 5-Dimensions 3-Levels (EQ-5D-3L) along with socioeconomic, demographic, and health perception data. Utility scores were calculated using the Brazilian version of the EQ-5D-3L. Descriptive statistics were derived, and a multivariate Tobit regression model with correction for complex sampling was performed to identify the variables that influence utility levels.ResultsA total of 4001 participants were included. The average utility score was 0.886 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.881–0.890) with significant differences according to living area (the capital (0.882 ± 0.144) or inner cities (0.908 ± 0.122; p < 0.001)). The dimension for which the highest proportion of people reported moderate to severe problems was pain/discomfort (39%), followed by anxiety/depression (18%). Men had a higher quality of life than women (β = 0.041, p < 0.001). Not working was a factor that increased quality of life compared with being formally employed (β = 0.031, p = 0.037). The poorest people had a lower quality of life than the richest people (β = −0.118, p < 0.001). Better health perceptions increased utility scores (p < 0.001), while being separated decreased the scores (β = −0.052, p = 0.001).ConclusionHealth-related quality of life in the Manaus Metropolitan Region was high, as expected for the general population, and was higher among individuals who lived in the inner cities, men and those in higher social classes. Gender discrepancies and differences in quality of life between the capital and inner cities should be further investigated.

Summary Background Although Brazil has a public and universal healthcare system, utilization of health services is marked by social and regional discrepancies. Objective To assess the prevalence and factors associated with underutilization of healthcare services in the Brazilian Amazon. Method Cross‐sectional, population‐based study. Adults aged over 18 years old were selected through probabilistic sampling. Underutilization of healthcare services was defined as never seeing a physician or a dentist. Poisson regression with robust variance was performed to calculate prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). A complex sample design was considered. Results A total of 4001 individuals were included, of which 419 (10.4%; 95% CI, 9.5‐11.4%) never visited a physician or a dentist. In the adjusted analysis, underutilization was higher among poorer people (PR = 3.32; 95% CI, 2.16‐5.11), men (PR = 1.34; 95% CI, 1.10‐1.65), people with brown skin color (Brazilian mixed race; PR = 1.34; 95% CI, 1.02‐1.76), and people who are separated (PR = 1.40; 95% CI, 1.01‐1.94) and widowed (PR = 1.55; 95% CI, 1.02‐2.37), when compared with the reference categories. Individuals with informal jobs, those who are retired, students/housewives, and unemployed people were more vulnerable to underutilization than formal workers (P < .04). Conclusion Underutilization of healthcare services occurs in one‐tenth of adults in Manaus Metropolitan Region and is associated with social and economic inequities.

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Resumo O feminicídio se configura como assassinato de mulheres em decorrência das relações desiguais de poder. É uma realidade crescente, que gera agravos e expõe relações de gênero, raça e classe desiguais, que culminam em violência extrema e morte. Objetiva-se analisar três casos de feminicídio por queimaduras ocorridos na cidade de Campinas (SP) durante os anos de 2018-2019. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo que usou o método de autópsia verbal para o levantamento de informações e utilizou narrativas para descrever os casos. Foram discutidas as circunstâncias da morte das mulheres, integrando na discussão os conceitos de feminismos, a representação simbólica do fogo, a interseccionalidae, o patriarcado e suas implicações a partir do olhar da saúde coletiva.

We aimed to investigate the association between occupational exposures and health-related quality of life among both informal and formal workers in the Brazilian Amazon. We conducted a cross-sectional study with working adults in the Manaus Metropolitan Region, Amazonas State, in 2015. Participants were selected through a three-step probabilistic sampling. The primary outcome was the health-related quality of life indicator, measured by the Brazilian validated version of the European Quality of Life 5-Dimensions 3-Levels (EQ-5D-3L) tool. Adjusted multivariate analysis was performed by Tobit regression and considered the complex sampling design. Results were converted to odds ratio (OR). Out of the 1,910 working individuals from the sample, 60.2% were formal workers. Informal workers were significantly more exposed to occupational risks than formal workers (p ≤ 0.05). Mean utility score for informal and formal workers was 0.886 (95%CI: 0.881; 0.890). Quality of life of informal workers was negatively impacted by exposure to noise (OR = 1.28; 95%CI: 1.13; 1.52), occupational stress (OR = 1.95; 95%CI: 1.65; 2.21), and industrial dust (OR = 1.46; 95%CI: 1.28; 1.72), while formal workers were negatively associated with exposure to chemical substances (OR = 1.58; 95%CI: 1.28; 1.87), noise (OR = 1.40; 95%CI: 1.23; 1.65), sun (OR = 1.65; 95%CI: 1.09; 1.40), occupational stress (OR = 1.65; 95%CI: 1.46; 1.87), biological material (OR = 2.61; 95%CI: 1.72; 3.97), and industrial dust (OR = 1.46; 95%CI: 1.28; 1.65). Exposure to occupational risks among workers from the Manaus Metropolitan Region was high, affecting both informal and formal workers. Brazilian policies need to be enforced to reduce the impacts on quality of life among workers in this region.

Background Violence against women is a public priority issue for epidemiological and public health sciences. Severe consequences of violence affect the quality of life of women victims. The objective of this study was to quantify the impact in the quality of life of the strengthening group in women victims of intimate partner violence who attend a reference violence center in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Method Quasi-experimental before and after the study was designed. The danger assessment and WHOQOL-BREF scales were applied at admission, after 3 and 6 months. Descriptive and statistical analysis of the variables was carried out to verify the difference between the measurements in the quality of life domains. Results Seventy-eight victims of intimate partner violence participated in the study. The most prevalent violence was psychological (96.2%), physical (79.5%), and moral (67.7%). Three months after participating in the strengthening group, there was an improvement in the 4 domains of quality of life, significantly in the psychological ( ) and physical ( ) domains. More than half of the participants were classified at the extreme level of risk of femicide (51.3%). The study was stopped early because of the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion With the available data collected, the strengthening group proved to be a strategy that positively impacts the quality of life of women victims of intimate partner violence.