Veiled and revealed violence against the elderly in Minas Gerais-Brazil: analysis of complaints and notificatio

The study aims to characterize the violence against the elderly, from complaints and notifications recorded in Dial Human Rights, and Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan) in 2011 and 2012. 2337 complaints (12.7%) and 1886 notifications (5.3%) against the elderly were found. The complai...

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Autores: Rocha, Regina da Cunha, Côrtes, Maria da Conceição Juste Werneck, Dias, Elizabeth Costa, Gontijo, Eliane Dias
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Centro Brasileiro de Estudos de Saude
Repositorio:Saude em Debate
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.saudeemdebate.emnuvens.com.br:article/1169
Acesso em linha:https://www.saudeemdebate.org.br/sed/article/view/1169
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Violência. Idosos. Vigilância epidemiológica. Notificação.
Violence. Elderly. Epidemiologic surveillance. Notification.
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Resumo:The study aims to characterize the violence against the elderly, from complaints and notifications recorded in Dial Human Rights, and Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan) in 2011 and 2012. 2337 complaints (12.7%) and 1886 notifications (5.3%) against the elderly were found. The complaint rate increased 3 times and the notification rate increased 2 times in a year. It was verified that the majority of the victims were women, beaten at home (90%) by known people (90%), with predominance (80%) of typology by neglect/abandonment in both sources. The improvement of surveillance contributes to reveal the violence in all its guises, to effect public policy, and stimulate the reflection/action of society.