Violence and injuries in Brazil: the effect, progress made, and challenges ahead

Reichenheim, Michael Eduardo; Souza, Edinilsa Ramos de; Moraes, Cláudia Leite; Jorge, Maria Helena Prado de Mello; Silva, Cosme Marcelo Furtado Passos da; Minayo, Maria Cecília de Souza

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60053-6

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“…(6) In Brazil, violence has become a public healthcare challenge as a result of the high morbidity-mortality rates originated in the adoption of risk behaviors, such as consumption of alcoholic beverages and illicit drugs, as well as the broad availability of fire guns and the lack of adequate infrastructure of the traffic system. (7) It is possible that young students entering the university adopt health-risk behaviors in detriment of the commitments related to the dynamics of the academic life, in such a way that their lifestyles are modified. (8) The entrance of the student in the university overlaps periods in which values, beliefs, autonomy and the establishment of limits by parents are questioned.…”

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Prevalência de comportamentos de risco em adulto jovem e universitário

2014

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Objective: To assess the prevalence of risk behaviors in young university students. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with 210 university students aged between 18 and 24. The applied research instrument was a validated questionnaire called National College Health Risk Behavior Survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis and logistic regression. Results: Among the studied individuals, 40% ingested alcohol, 25% were overweight, 19% used motorcycles as a means of transportation, and 6% reported suicide attempts. Alcohol consumption, overweight and practicing sports were associated with men. Suicide attempts and healthier eating habits were associated with women. Conclusion: Participants adopted behaviors that risked their health status, being such attitude more frequently observed among men. Alcohol consumption was the most prevalent risk behavior in this population. ResumoObjetivo: Conhecer a prevalência de comportamentos de risco em adulto jovem e universitário. Métodos: Estudo transversal com 210 universitários com idades entre 18 a 24 anos. O instrumento de pesquisa foi um questionário validado National College Health Risk Behavior Survey. Para análise dos dados, utilizaram-se estatística descritiva, análise bivariada e coeficientes de regressão logística. Resultados: Dentre os estudantes, 40% consumiram álcool, 25% apresentaram excesso de peso, 19% utilizaram motocicletas para transporte e 6% relataram tentativa de suicídio. Consumo de álcool, excesso de peso e prática de atividades esportivas associaram-se aos homens. Tentativa de suicídio e hábitos alimentares mais saudáveis associaram-se às mulheres. Conclusão: Os participantes adotaram comportamentos que colocaram a saúde em risco, sendo essa atitude mais frequentes nos homens. O consumo de álcool foi o comportamento de risco mais prevalente nessa população.

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Prevalência de comportamentos de risco em adulto jovem e universitário

2014

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“…It covers an area of 8.5 million km 2 with an estimated population of 190,732,694. The WHO estimates an annual road traffic mortality rate of 21.9 per 100,000, and when Reichenheim et al adjusted for underreporting, they found a slightly higher rate of 23.1 per 100,000 (Reichenheim, 2011;WHO 2008). Brazil's road traffic mortality rates have been increasing since the 1960s, which correlates to increases in the registered motor vehicle fleet size; the registered fleet size has increased from approximately 32 million in 2001 to 54.5 million in 2008 (Vasconcellos 1999).…”

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Road Traffic Deaths in Brazil: Rising Trends in Pedestrian and Motorcycle Occupant Deaths

Chandran

Sousa

Guo

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Traffic Injury Prevention

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“…In Brazil high violence-related mortality rates are attributed to homicides in urban settings, whereby both aggressors and victims are mainly young men and social inequalities are one of the main determinants 6 , this being different to the reality in the majority of World Health Organization (WHO) member countries where deaths due to assault are related to civil conflicts 1 .…”

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