“…In the case of Brazil, studies have endorsed many of the findings shown by the international evidence (CORBI;MENEZES-FILHO, 2006;ISLAM et al, 2009;RIBEIRO, 2015;RIBEIRO;MARINHO, 2017;GOLGHER, 2014aGOLGHER, , 2014bGOLGHER, , 2014c. Other studies compared Brazil with other countries (CAVALCANTI et al, 2009;ONUSIC;MENDES-DA-SILVA, 2015) or included Brazil in a broader context (GRAHAM;PETTINATO, 2001;GRAHAM et al, 2011). Thus, the topic discussed in this paper has already been addressed by different methodologies and approaches.…”