Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro

Study of quantitative approach of descriptive/exploratory survey type with retrospective study between 2011 and 2012. The general objective was to investigate the victim’s profile related to firearm injury under the social aegis in a town of the Rio de Janeiro City, understanding that the urban vi...

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Main Authors: Graciele Oroski Paes, Simone Mendes Carvalho, Celso Alexandre Tavares Rodrigues, Joyce Maria dos Santos de Faria
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Published: Centro Universitário São Camilo 2015-07-01
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Online Access:https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/322
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author Graciele Oroski Paes
Simone Mendes Carvalho
Celso Alexandre Tavares Rodrigues
Joyce Maria dos Santos de Faria
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description Study of quantitative approach of descriptive/exploratory survey type with retrospective study between 2011 and 2012. The general objective was to investigate the victim’s profile related to firearm injury under the social aegis in a town of the Rio de Janeiro City, understanding that the urban violence crosses across several analysis dimensions among them: the social, the political and the cultural. The consultation sources came from occurrence forms taken by the twenty fifth battalion of the Rio de Janeiro state military police– known as 25th BPM, located in Cabo Frio (RJ) Municipality. There were found 305 notifications of victims of PAF in both of years researched, which 96% of the victims were identified by gender and age-group, and another 55% of the victims were between fifteen and thirty years old. The neighborhoods that occurred the largest amount of events were comprised for the most part from communities composed of low economic-social levels of individuals. The study contribution is anchored in orientation to preventive actions to the local population as well as to the elaboration of security public policies and awareness for the participation to combat and minimize the collaborative indexes of the local urban violence.
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spelling doaj-art-275fbc85a08c467aab7477b794d72e2c2025-01-30T19:33:50ZengCentro Universitário São CamiloO Mundo da Saúde0104-78091980-39902015-07-01393362369265Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de JaneiroGraciele Oroski Paes0Simone Mendes Carvalho1Celso Alexandre Tavares Rodrigues2Joyce Maria dos Santos de Faria3Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (EEAN/UFRJ). Rio de Janeiro/ RJ, Brasil.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (EEAN/UFRJ). Rio de Janeiro/ RJ, Brasil.Cia do Batalhão de Polícia Rodoviária Coronel PM Marcos Fazio. Rio de Janeiro/ RJ, Brasil.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (EEAN/UFRJ). Rio de Janeiro/ RJ, Brasil.Study of quantitative approach of descriptive/exploratory survey type with retrospective study between 2011 and 2012. The general objective was to investigate the victim’s profile related to firearm injury under the social aegis in a town of the Rio de Janeiro City, understanding that the urban violence crosses across several analysis dimensions among them: the social, the political and the cultural. The consultation sources came from occurrence forms taken by the twenty fifth battalion of the Rio de Janeiro state military police– known as 25th BPM, located in Cabo Frio (RJ) Municipality. There were found 305 notifications of victims of PAF in both of years researched, which 96% of the victims were identified by gender and age-group, and another 55% of the victims were between fifteen and thirty years old. The neighborhoods that occurred the largest amount of events were comprised for the most part from communities composed of low economic-social levels of individuals. The study contribution is anchored in orientation to preventive actions to the local population as well as to the elaboration of security public policies and awareness for the participation to combat and minimize the collaborative indexes of the local urban violence.https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/322violence. health promotion. public health.
spellingShingle Graciele Oroski Paes
Simone Mendes Carvalho
Celso Alexandre Tavares Rodrigues
Joyce Maria dos Santos de Faria
Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro
O Mundo da Saúde
violence. health promotion. public health.
title Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro
title_full Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro
title_fullStr Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro
title_full_unstemmed Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro
title_short Victims’ profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro
title_sort victims profile by firearm related injuries in the municipality of the state of rio de janeiro
topic violence. health promotion. public health.
url https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/322
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