| Perova & Reynolds 2020. Perova E, Reynolds SA. Women's police stations and intimate partner violence: evidence from Brazil. Soc Sci Med 2017; 174:188-96. (2017) |
This study estimates the effects of women’s police stations in Brazil on female homicides, as a measure of the most severe form of domestic violence. |
Territory, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment, domestic violence. |
High quality |
| Tavares et al. 5050. Tavares R, Catalan VDB, Romano PMM, Melo EM. Homicídios e vulnerabilidade social. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2016; 21:923-34. (2016) |
To analyze the spatial distribution of homicide rates according to the social vulnerability index (SVI) and the quality of urban life index (QUL) in Betim, State of Minas Gerais, from 2006 to 2011. |
Territory, race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking, access to firearms. |
High quality |
| Cardoso et al. 3232. Cardoso FLMG, Cecchetto FR, Corrêa JS, Souza TO. Homicides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: an analysis of lethal violence. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2016; 21:1277-88. (2016) |
To analyze the evolution of homicide rates based on the following categories: murder, larceny, bodily harm followed by death, homicide for resistance to police resulting in death, killed policemen, missing people and dead bodies found in the state and city of Rio de Janeiro and in Integrated Public Security Area. |
Territory, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Cerqueira & Soares 2121. Cerqueira D, Soares RR. The welfare cost of homicides in Brazil: accounting for heterogeneity in the willingness to pay for mortality reductions. Health Econ 2016; 25:259-76. (2016) |
This study estimates the health dimension of the welfare cost of homicides in Brazil by considering age, gender, educational, and regional heterogeneities. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Trindade et al. 4242. Trindade RFC, Costa FAMM, Silva PPAC, Caminiti GB, Santos CB. Map of homicides by firearms: profile of the victims and the assaults. Rev Esc Enferm USP 2015; 49:748-55. (2015) |
To describe the profile of victims and gunshot assaults which resulted in death. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking, access to firearms. |
Moderate quality |
| Souza et al. 3333. Souza PF, Xavier DR, Rican S, Matos VP, Barcellos C. The expansion of the economic frontier and the diffusion of violence in the Amazon. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2015; 12:5862-85. (2015) |
This study analyzed the relationships between the various economic processes of territorial occupation in the Amazon and the spatial diffusion of homicidal violence through the configuration of production networks, as well as social movements and merchandise. |
Territory, social inequalities and economic factors, development. |
High quality |
| Garcia et al. 2222. Garcia LP, Freitas LRS, Silva GDM, Höfelmann DA. Estimativas corrigidas de feminicídios no Brasil, 2009 a 2011. Rev Panam Salud Pública 2015; 37:251-7. (2015) |
The objective of the study was to estimate the corrected femicide rates and to describe the characteristics of these deaths in Brazil during the 2009-2011 triennium. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking, domestic violence. |
High quality |
| Rojas Cabrera 4343. Rojas Cabrera ES. Deaths from violent causes among adolescents and young adults in two cities of the Southern Cone: Córdoba (Argentina) and Porto Alegre (Brazil), 1990-2010. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2015; 20:29-37. (2015) |
The scope of this paper is to analyze and compare the evolution of deaths from violent causes among adolescents and young adults in the cities of Córdoba (Argentina) and Porto Alegre (Brazil). |
Gender, age group, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Pereira et al. 4545. Pereira DV, Mota CM, Andresen MA. Social disorganization and homicide in Recife, Brazil. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2017; 61:1570-92. (2015) |
The purpose was to investigate the determinants of homicide in Recife, Brazil, based on the social disorganization theory. |
Territory, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment, sanitation. gender, age group, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Molinatti & Acosta 2323. Molinatti F, Acosta LD. Trends in mortality by assault in women in selected countries of Latin America, 2001-2011. Rev Panam Salud Pública 2015; 37:279-86. (2015) |
It describes deaths by assault trends in women from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, between 2001 and 2011. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education. |
High quality |
| Araújo et al. 5252. Araújo EMD, Araújo TMD, Santana F. Distribuição desigual da mortalidade por causas externas: avaliação de aspectos socioeconômicos. Rev Baiana Saúde Pública 2014; 29:262-72. (2014) |
This study describes the spatial distribution of mortality from external causes according to socioeconomic level. |
Territory, social inequalities and economic factors. |
Moderate quality |
| Sousa et al. 3535. Sousa GDSD, Magalhães FB, Gama IDS, Lima MVND, Almeida RLFD, Vieira LJEDS, et al. Social determinants and their interference in homicide rates in a city in northeastern Brazil. Rev Bras Epidemiol 2014; 17:194-203. (2014) |
This study aims to analyze the possible relationship between social determinants and homicide mortality in Fortaleza (Ceará State), Brazil. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking, sanitation. |
Moderate quality |
| Barcellos & Zaluar 5151. Barcellos C, Zaluar A. Homicídios e disputas territoriais nas favelas do Rio de Janeiro. Rev Saúde Pública 2014; 48:94-102. (2014) |
To evaluate the risk of homicide in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, taking into account the territorial disputes taking place in the city. |
Territory, drugs and trafficking. |
Moderate quality |
| Souza et al. 2424. Sousa CAMDS, Cosme MFPD, Souza ERD. Determinants of homicides in the state of Bahia, Brazil, in 2009. Rev Bras Epidemiol 2014; 17:135-46. (2014) |
To carry out a study on the association between socioeconomic and demographic factors and homicides from general population, in the state of Bahia, in 2009. |
Territory, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education, work and employment. |
Moderate quality |
| Bando & Lester 7272. Bando DH, Lester D. An ecological study on suicide and homicide in Brazil. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2014; 19:1179-89. (2014) |
The objective was to evaluate correlations between suicide, homicide and sociodemographic variables by an ecological study. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking, suicide. |
Moderate quality |
| Souza et al. 7070. Souza TOD, Pinto LW, Souza ER. Estudo espacial da mortalidade por homicídio, Bahia, 1996-2010. Rev Saúde Pública 2014; 48:468-77. (2014) |
To analyze the spatial distribution of homicide mortality in the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil. |
Territory, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Leites et al. 3636. Leites GT, Meneghel SN, Hirakata VN. Female homicide in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Rev Bras Epidemiol 2014; 17:642-53. (2014) |
This study aimed to assess the female homicide rate due to aggression in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, using this as a “proxy” of femicide. |
Gender, social inequalities and economic factors, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Chiavegatto Filho et al. 2525. Chiavegatto Filho ADP, Beltrán-Sánchez H, Kawachi I. Racial disparities in life expectancy in Brazil: challenges from a multiracial society. Am J Public Health 2014; 104:2156-62. (2014) |
This study calculated life expectancy at birth for white, black, and mixed race people from Brazil, and decomposed the differences among them by death causes. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, social inequalities and economic factors, education. |
High quality |
| Salama 1515. Salama P. Homicidios, ¿es ineluctable la violencia en América Latina? Frontera Norte 2013; 25:7-27. (2013) |
This study presented a general panorama of violence and homicides in Latin America, also including a discussion about the Brazilian context. |
Territory, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education, drugs and trafficking. |
Moderate quality |
| Mansano et al. 3737. Mansano NH, Gutierrez MM, Ramalho W, Duarte EC. Homicídios em homens jovens de 10 a 24 anos e condições sociais em municípios do Paraná e Santa Catarina, Brasil, 2001-2010. Epidemiol Serv Saúde 2013; 22:203-14. (2013) |
The aim of this study was to describe the extent and temporal trends of the homicide mortality rate (HMR) in male individuals aged 10-24 according to the characteristics of the municipalities from the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, between 2001 and 2010. |
Territory, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Silva et al. 4646. Silva MA, Cabral Filho JE, Amorim MMR, Falbo Neto GH. Mulheres vítimas de homicídio em Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil, 2009/2010: um estudo descritivo. Cad Saúde Pública 2013; 29:391-6. (2013) |
This study investigated the epidemiological profile of female homicide victims from Recife, Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Alves et al. 4747. Alves MMR, Alves SV, Antunes MBC, Santos DLP. External causes and maternal mortality: proposal for classification. Rev Saúde Pública 2013; 47:283-91. (2013) |
To analyze deaths from external causes and undefined causes in women of childbearing age that occurred during pregnancy and early postpartum. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age range, access to firearms. |
High quality |
| Chiavegatto Filho et al. 5353. Chiavegatto Filho ADP, Gotlieb SLD, Kawachi I. Cause-specific mortality and income inequality in São Paulo, Brazil. Rev Saúde Pública 2012; 46:712-8. (2012) |
To analyze cause-specific mortality rates according to the relative income hypothesis. |
Social inequalities and economic factors, development, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Peres et al. 5454. Peres MFT, Almeida JF, Vicentin D, Ruotti C, Nery MB, Cerda M, et al. Evolução dos homicídios e indicadores de segurança pública no Município de São Paulo entre 1996 a 2008: um estudo ecológico de séries temporais. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2012; 17:3249-57. (2012) |
The scope of this study was to analyze the association between homicides and public security indicators in São Paulo between 1996 and 2008, after monitoring the unemployment rate and the youth proportion in the population. |
Work and employment. |
High quality |
| Briceño-León 1616. Briceño-León R. La comprensión de los homicidios en América Latina: ¿Pobreza o institucionalidad? Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2012; 17:3159-70. (2012) |
This study analyzes and compares the changes occurred in Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil in the first decade of the twenty-first century, where the homicide rate has decreased, increased and remained the same, respectively. |
Race/ethnicity, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking. |
Moderate quality |
| Nery et al. 5555. Nery MB, Peres MFT, Cardia N, Vicentin D, Adorno S. Regimes espaciais: dinâmica dos homicídios dolosos na cidade de São Paulo entre 2000 e 2008. Rev Panam Salud Pública 2012; 32:405-12. (2012) |
To identify the existence of spatial and temporal patterns in the occurrence of intentional homicides in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil, and to discuss the analytical value of considering such patterns t when designing studies that address the dynamics and factors associated with homicide incidence. |
Social inequalities and economic factors. |
High quality |
| Minayo & Constantino 6262. Minayo MCS, Constantino P. An ecosysthemic vision of homicide. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2012; 17:3269-78. (2012) |
This study analyzed four cities regarding homicide rates, namely two Brazilian and two Argentinian cities. In each country, it studied a city with high homicide rates and another with low rates over the same three-year period. |
Territory, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Gomez-Lievano et al. 2626. Gomez-Lievano A, Youn H, Bettencourt LM. The statistics of urban scaling and their connection to Zipf's law. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40393. (2012) |
This study aims at building a self-consistent statistical framework that characterizes the joint probability distributions of urban indicators and city population sizes across an urban system. |
Territory, social inequalities and economic factors. |
High quality |
| Duarte et al. 55. Duarte EC, Garcia LP, Freitas LRS, Mansano NH, Monteiro RA, Ramalho WM. Associação ecológica entre características dos municípios e o risco de homicídios em homens adultos de 20-39 anos de idade no Brasil, 1999-2010. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2012; 17:2259-68. (2012) |
The aim of this study was to assess the homicide mortality risk (HMR) among males aged 20-39, and its association with selected sociodemographic characteristics of the Brazilian municipalities. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, inequality, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Belon et al. 6969. Belon AP, Barros MB, Marín-León L. Mortality among adults: gender and socioeconomic differences in a Brazilian city. BMC Public Health 2012; 12:39. (2012) |
The objective of this study was to identify the magnitude of social differences in mortality among adult residents of a city of one million people in Southeastern Brazil between 2004 and 2008. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, inequality. |
High quality |
| Andrade et al. 2727. Andrade LD, Nihei OK, Pelloso SM, Carvalho MDB. Homicídios juvenis e informalidade em um município brasileiro da tríplice fronteira Brasil, Paraguai e Argentina. Rev Panam Salud Pública 2012; 31:380-7. (2012) |
To analyze the spatial distribution of juvenile homicide mortality for males in the city of Foz do Iguaçu (state of Paraná), located in the triple-border area between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, between 2000 and 2007. |
Territory, race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Andrade et al. 3838. Andrade SM, Soares DA, Souza RKT, Matsuo T, Souza HD. Homicides between men aged 15 to 29 years and related factors in the State of Paraná, Brazil, 2002/2004. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2011; 16:1281-8. (2011) |
The objective of this study was to verify mortality rates due to homicides and legal interventions among young men in the State of Paraná, Brazil, and to identify correlated municipal characteristics. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, work and employment, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Peres et al. 5656. Peres MFT, Vicentin D, Nery MB, Lima RS, Souza ER, Cerda M, et al. Queda dos homicídios em São Paulo, Brasil: uma análise descritiva. Rev Panam Salud Pública 2011; 29:17-26. (2011) |
It describes homicide mortality in the municipality of São Paulo according to the type of weapon, sex, race or skin color, age, and areas of socioeconomic inequalities, between 1996 and 2008. |
Age range, social inequalities and economic factors, development, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Meneghel & Hirakata 2828. Meneghel SN, Hirakata VN. Femicídios: homicídios femininos no Brasil. Rev Saúde Pública 2011; 45:564-74. (2011) |
It assesses female homicide rates due to aggression according to sociodemographic and health indicators. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Reichenheim et al. 2929. Reichenheim ME, Souza ER, Moraes CL, Mello Jorge MHP, Silva CMFP, Minayo MCS. Violence and injuries in Brazil: the effect, progress made, and challenges ahead. Lancet 2011; 377:1962-75. (2011) |
The aim of this paper was to describe the impact and challenges of violence in Brazil, including homicides. |
Territory, race/ethnicity, gender, age group, education, drugs and trafficking, access to firearms. |
High quality |
| Soares Filho 3030. Soares Filho AM. Vitimização por homicídios segundo características de raça no Brasil. Rev Saúde Publica 2011; 45:745-55. (2011) |
It describes the temporal patterns of mortality by homicide in Brazil, analyzing the variables race/skin color, gender and education. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Silva et al. 4848. Silva LS, Menezes MLN, Lopes CLA, Correa MSM. Anos potenciais de vida perdidos por mulheres vítimas de homicídio na cidade do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil. Cad Saúde Pública 2011; 27:1721-30. (2011) |
This study aimed to calculate the potential years of life lost by female homicide victims in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 2003-2007. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education, work and employment, access to firearms. |
High quality |
| Viana et al. 6363. Viana LAC, Costa MCN, Paim JS, Vieira-da-Silva LM. Social inequalities and the rise in violent deaths in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil: 2000-2006. Cad Saúde Pública 2011; 27 Suppl 2:S298-308. (2011) |
Analysis to assess the evolution of sociospatial inequalities in mortality due to external causes and homicides in Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil, between 2000 and 2006. |
Territory, gender, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Peres et al. 5757. Peres MF, Almeida JF, Vicentin D, Cerda M, Cardia N, Adorno S. Fall in homicides in the city of São Paulo: an exploratory analysis of possible determinants. Rev Bras Epidemiol 2011; 14:709-21. (2011) |
The aim of this study is to describe the trend of homicide mortality rate (HMR), sociodemographic indicators, and the investment in social and public security, and to analyze the correlation between HMR and independent variables in the municipality of São Paulo between 1996 and 2008. |
Age range, social inequalities and economic factors, development, work and employment, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Araújo et al. 7373. Araújo EMD, Costa MCN, Oliveira NF, Santana FS, Barreto ML, Hogan V, et al. Spatial distribution of mortality by homicide and social inequalities according to race/skin color in an intra-urban Brazilian space. Rev Bras Epidemiol 2010; 13:549-60. (2010) |
To evaluate the relative contribution of race/skin color to the spatial distribution of mortality by homicide in Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil, in the period 1998-2003. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Barcellos et al. 3434. Barcellos C, Feitosa P, Damacena GN, Andreazzi MA. Highways and outposts: economic development and health threats in the central Brazilian Amazon region. Int J Health Geogr 2010; 9:30. (2010) |
This study examines the spatial distribution of three major health threats in the Brazilian Amazon region that may undergo changes through highway construction. |
Development, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Lotufo & Beseñor 5858. Lotufo PA, Benseñor IM. Income inequality and male homicide rates: São Paulo, Brazil, 1996-2007. Eur J Public Health 2009; 19:602-4. (2009) |
To analyze the relations between male homicide rates and income inequality in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, between 1996-2007. |
Territory, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, drugs and trafficking. |
High quality |
| Bastos et al. 6565. Bastos MJRP, Pereira JA, Smarzaro DC, Costa EF, Bossanel RCL, Oliosa DMS, et al. Análise ecológica dos acidentes e da violência letal em Vitória, ES. Rev Saúde Pública 2009; 43:123-32. (2009) |
To analyze the socioeconomic background and its relationship with spatial distribution of mortality due to violence in the city of Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. |
Territory, race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors. |
High quality |
| Nadanovsky et al. 77. Nadanovsky P, Celeste RK, Wilson M, Daly M. Homicide and impunity: an ecological analysis at state level in Brazil. Rev Saúde Pública 2009; 43:733-42. (2009) |
To assess a new impunity index and variables that have been found to predict variation in homicide rates in other geographical levels as predictive of state-level homicide rates in Brazil. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development, education. |
High quality |
| Araújo et al. 6464. Araújo EM, Costa MCN, Hogan VK, Mota ELA, Oliveira NF, Araujo TM. Diferenciais de raça/cor da pele em anos potenciais de vida perdidos por causas externas. Rev Saúde Pública 2009; 43:405-12. (2009) |
The aim of this study was to analyze differentials in mortality by external causes according to race/skin color, estimating potential years of life lost. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors. |
High quality |
| Nadanovsky & Cunha-Cruz 6868. Nadanovsky P, Cunha-Cruz J. The relative contribution of income inequality and imprisonment to the variation in homicide rates among Developed (OECD), South and Central American countries. Soc Sci Med 2009; 69:1343-50. (2009) |
The objective of this study was to investigate the association between income inequality and imprisonment with homicide rates among Developed (OECD), South and Central American countries. |
Age range, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Nadanovsky 3939. Nadanovsky P. O aumento no encarceramento e a redução nos homicídios em São Paulo, Brasil, entre 1996 e 2005. Cad Saúde Pública 2009; 25:1859-64. (2009) |
To describe the reduction in the homicide rate in the state of São Paulo between 1996 and 2005, verifying its correlations with the increase in the incarceration rate. |
Social inequalities and economic factors, work and employment, imprisonment. |
High quality |
| Minamisava et al. 6666. Minamisava R, Nouer SS, Morais Neto OL, Melo LK, Andrade ALSS. Spatial clusters of violent deaths in a newly urbanized region of Brazil: highlighting the social disparities. Int J Health Geogr 2009; 8:66. (2009) |
This study analyzed the spatial distribution and potential clusters of risk for intentional and unintentional deaths among youths aged between 15 and 24 years in Goiânia, a newly urbanized city in State of Goiás, Brazil. |
Age group, social inequalities and economic factors, development. |
High quality |
| Briceño-León et al. 1717. Briceño-León R, Villaveces A, Concha-Eastman A. Understanding the uneven distribution of the incidence of homicide in Latin America. Int J Epidemiol 2008; 37:751-7. (2008) |
This study reviewed epidemiological data on violence and homicide in Latin America, discussing its unequal distribution between the Latin American countries in the context of a sociological framework as well as from a public health perspective. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education. |
Moderate quality |
| Cardona et al. 3131. Cardona D, Peláez E, Aidar T, Ribotta B, Alvarez MF. Mortalidad por causas externas en tres ciudades latinoamericanas: Córdoba (Argentina), Campinas (Brasil) y Medellín (Colombia), 1980-2005. Rev Bras Estud Popul 2008; 25:335-52. (2008) |
This article has the objective of contributing to studies on mortality from violent causes in Latin America through a comparative analysis of recent patterns and trends in deaths from external causes in three regional urban contexts from Argentina, Brazil and Colombia. |
Gender, age, drugs and trafficking, access to firearms. |
High quality |
| Barata et al. 5959. Barata RB, Ribeiro MCSA, Sordi M. Desigualdades sociais e homicídios na cidade de São Paulo, 1998. Rev Bras Epidemiol 2008; 11:3-13. (2008) |
This study aimed to identify patterns in the occurrence of homicides considering the characteristics of aggressors, victims and the circumstances that motivated the aggression, according to life condition strata. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, work and employment, drugs and trafficking, access to firearms. |
Moderate quality |
| Peres et al. 6060. Peres MFT, Cardia N, Mesquita Neto P, Santos PCS, Adorno S. Homicídios, desenvolvimento socioeconômico e violência policial no Município de São Paulo, Brasil. Rev Panam Salud Pública 2008; 23:268-76. (2008) |
To analyze the association between police violence and homicide mortality rates by considering the effect of contextual variables. |
Social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Santos et al. 4949. Santos SMD, Guimarães MJB, Araújo TVB. Desigualdades raciais na mortalidade de mulheres adultas no Recife, 2001 a 2003. Saúde Soc 2007; 16:87-102. (2007) |
The study aimed to characterize the mortality pattern of black and white adult women living in Recife, state of Pernambuco, between 2001 and 2003. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, domestic violence. |
High quality |
| Santos et al. 4444. Santos SM, Barcellos C, Carvalho MS. Ecological analysis of the distribution and socio-spatial context of homicides in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Health Place 2006; 12:38-47. (2006) |
To analyze the spatial distribution of homicide victims by place of residence in Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to identify and understand the sociospatial context of 1996. |
Social inequalities and economic factors, education. |
High quality |
| Gawryszewski & Costa 66. Gawryszewski VP, Costa LS. Homicídios e desigualdades sociais no Município de São Paulo. Rev Saúde Pública 2005; 39:191-7. (2005) |
The proposal of this ecological study was to test the association between homicide rates, and some health and socioeconomic indicators in the city of São Paulo. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Lima et al. 4141. Lima MLC, Ximenes RAA, Souza ER, Luna CF, Albuquerque MFPM. Análise espacial dos determinantes socioeconômicos dos homicídios no Estado de Pernambuco. Rev Saúde Pública 2005; 39:176-82. (2005) |
To investigate the association between homicide rates and socioeconomic variables by considering the spatial site of the indicators, in the state of Pernambuco, between 1995 and 1998. |
Gender, age group, social inequalities and economic factors, education, work and employment. |
High quality |
| Caiaffa et al. 6767. Caiaffa WT, Almeida MC, Oliveira CD, Friche AA, Matos SG, Dias MA, et al. The urban environment from the health perspective: the case of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Cad Saúde Pública 2005; 21:958-67. (2005) |
This study aims to determine spatial patterns of mortality and morbidity for five health problems in an urban area from Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais: homicides, adolescent pregnancy, asthma hospitalization, and two vector-borne diseases, dengue, and visceral leishmaniasis. |
Territory, social inequalities and economic factors. |
High quality |
| Batista 4040. Batista LE. Masculinidade, raça/cor e saúde. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva 2005; 10:71-80. (2005) |
This article analyzes the mortality profile of black and white men as registered in the death certificates emitted by the state of São Paulo in 1999. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age group. |
Moderate quality |
| Kilsztajn et al. 6161. Kilsztajn S, Carmo MSN, Sugahara GTL, Lopes ES. Vítimas da cor: homicídios na região metropolitana de São Paulo, Brasil, 2000. Cad Saúde Pública 2005; 21:1408-15. (2005) |
To analyze the homicide rate by racial/ethnic origin in the Greater Metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil, considering schooling, gender, and age. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, social inequalities and economic factors, education. |
Moderate quality |
| Phebo & Moura 1818. Phebo L, Moura AT. Urban violence: a challenge for pediatricians. J Pediatr (Rio J.) 2005; 81(5 Suppl):S189-96. (2005) |
To present the main aspects of an approach to urban violence among children and adolescents and to point out the social and educational role of pediatricians. |
Race/ethnicity, gender, age range, social inequalities and economic factors, access to firearms. |
Moderate quality |
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SDH: socio-environmental determinants of health. Source: adapted from the PRISMA flowchart (http://prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/FlowDiagram.apsx, accessed on 04/Dec/2017).