Ecological analysis of the distribution and socio-spatial context of homicides in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-47

  Santos, Simone M ^a   Barcellos, Christovam ^a   Sá Carvalho, Marilia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Homicide; Quality of life indicators; Spatial analysis; Violence

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CRIME; GIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOMICIDE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

BRAZIL; PORTO ALEGRE; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144474491     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. D. Aerts, R. Flôres, A. Sant'anna, J. Cunha, and C. Hilgert Sistema de informação sobre mortalidade' PRÁ SABER informações de interesse à saúde 1 2 1996 25 32 SMS/CEDIS, Porto Alegre, RS
2. M. Akerman, C. Stephens, P. Campanario, and P.B. Maia Environment and health an analysis of Intra-Urban differentials in the city of S. Paulo, Brazil Revista de Saúde Pública 28 4 1994 320 325
3. T.C. Bailey Review of statistical spatial analysis in GIS S. Fotheringham P. Rogerson Spatial Analysis and GIS 1994 Taylor and Francis Ltd. London 13 44
4. C.C. Beato-Filho, R.M. Assunção, and B.F.A. Silva Homocide clusters and drug traffic in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil from 1995 to 1999 Cadernos de Saúde Pública 17 5 2001 1163 1171
5. D. Blane Socioeconomic health differentials International Journal of Epidemiology 30 2001 292 293
6. M.S. Carvalho, O.G. Cruz, and F.F. Nobre Risk Profile multivariate cluster analysis of urban small areas based on Socioeconomic indicators-census tracts from the Greater Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan area Cadernos de Saúde Pública 13 4 1997 435 445
7. Castells, M., 1976. La Cuestion Urbana. Ed. Siglo Veintiuno. 5a ed. Mexico. 517pp.
8. B.S. Centerwall Race, socioeconomic status, and domestic homicide, Atlanta, 1971-72 American Journal of Public Health 74 8 1974 813 815
9. A.V. Diez-Roux Bringing context back into epidemiology variables and multilevel analysis American Journal of Public Health 88 1998 216 222
10. E.D. Freitas, J.S. Paim, L.M.V. Silva, and M.C.N. da Costa Trends and spatial distribution of mortality from external causes in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil Cadernos de Saúde Pública 16 3 2000 109 118
11. K. Harries Social stress and trauma, synthesis and spatial analysis Social Science and Medicine 45 8 1997 1251 1264
12. J.A. Hartigan Clustering Algorithms 1975 Wiley New York
13. D. Harvey Social Justice and the City 1973 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
14. IBGE, 1998. Censo Demográfico de 1991 e Contagem Populacional de 1996. Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística.
15. I. Kawachi, B.B. Kennedy, K. Lochner, and D. Pothrow-Smith Social capital, income inequality and mortality American Journal of Public Health 87 9 1997 1491 1498
16. Lefebvre, H., 1980. La Revolucion Urbana. Ed. Alianza Editorial. Madrid. 198pp.
17. M.L.C. Lima, and R. Ximenes Violence and death differentials in mortality from external causes in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1991 Cadernos de Saúde Pública 14 4 1998 829 840
18. A.C. Macedo, J.S. Paim, and L.M.V. Silva Violence and social inequalities mortality rates due to homicides and life conditions in Salvador, Brazil Revista de Saúde Pública 35 6 2001 515 522
19. MapInfo, 1995. Professional Version 4.0. Copyright. MapInfo Corporation.
20. M.H.P. Mello Jorge, V.P. Gawryszewski, and MR.D.O. Latorre Analysis of mortality data Revista de Saúde Pública 31 4Supl. 1997 5 25
21. M.C.S. Minayo Inequality, violence, and ecology in Brazil Cadernos de Saúde Pública 10 2 1994 241 250
22. C. Onwuachi-Saunders, and D. Hawkins Black-white differences in injury. Race or social class? AEP 3 2 1993 150 153
23. J.S. Paim, M.C.N. Costa, J.C.S. Mascarenhas, and L.M.V. Silva The distribution of violence mortality due to external causes in Salvador, Brazil Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica 6 5 1999 321 332
24. J. Pearlman The Myth of Marginality Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio de Janeiro 1976 University of California Press Berkeley
25. G. Rose Individuos enfermos y poblaciones enfermas Boletín Epidemiológico. OPAS, 6 3 1995 1 8
26. S.M. Santos, C. Barcellos, M.S. Carvalho, and R. Flores Spatial clusters of violent deaths in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1996 Cadernos de Saúde Pública 17 5 2001 1141 1151
27. C.L. Szwarcwald, F.I. Bastos, C. Barcellos, F. Pina, and M.A. Esteves Health conditions and concentration of poverty a study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 54 2000 530 536
28. L.M. Silva, J.S. Paim, and M.C.N. Costa Inequalities in mortality, space and social strata in Brazil Revista de Saúde Pública 33 2 1999 6 97
29. Soares, L.E., 1996. Criminalidade urbana e violência: o Rio de Janeiro no contexto internacional. In: Soares, L.E. (Ed.), Violência e política no Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Relume Dumará, ISER.
30. E.R. Souza, and M.C.S. Minayo O impacto da violência social na saúde pública do Brasil M.C.S. Minayo Os Muitos Brasis saúde e população na década de 80 1995 HUCITEC-ABRASCO São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro
31. SPSS, 1997. Release 8.0.0. Copyright SPSS Inc., 1989-1997.
32. STATSCI, 1993. Statistical Science, Inc. S-Plus for Windows user's manual. Version 3.1, Seattle, Statistical Science, Inc.
33. Strohmeier, K.P., 1998. Determinants of Urban Violence and their Interlinkages: an analysis of ecological distributions and correlations. Pilot Project: Ruhrgebiet, paper no. 3, Meeting of the Consultative Group on Urban Health Research, WHO, Kobe, Japan.
34. UNDP, 1999. Desenvolvimento Humano e Condições de vida: Indicadores Brasileiros. Programa das Nações Unidas para o desenvolvimento (PNUD), 140 pp., Brasília.
35. Valladares, L., 1998. The favela revisited: the poor from community to violence. Annals of the International Sociological Association.
36. L.L. Vermelho, and M.H.P. Mello Jorge Youth mortality 1930-1991 period analysis (the epidemiological transition to violence) Revista de Saúde Pública 30 4 1996 319 331
37. L. Wacquant Banlieues françaises et ghetto noir américain de l'amalgame à la comparaison French Politics and Society 10 4 1992 81 103
38. L. Wacquant, and W.J. Wilson The cost of racial and class exclusion in the inner city Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 50 1 1989 8 25
39. R. Wallace Social disintegration and spread of AIDS Social Science and Medicine 38 7 1993 887 896
40. WHO, 1995. CID-10. OMS Tradução Centro Colaborador da OMS para Classificação de Doenças em Português, São Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo.
41. A. Zaluar Exclusion and public policies theoretical dilemmas and political alternatives Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais, Special Issue 1 2000 25 42