Abstract

CECILIO, Lenise Patrocínio Pires et al. Interpersonal violence: descriptive study of not fatal cases assisted in an emergency reference unity to seven municipalities of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, from 2008 to 2010. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.2, pp.293-304. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000200012.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the profile of non-fatal cases related to interpersonal violence treated in an emergency care unit of reference that serves seven municipalities of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, from 2008 to 2010. METHODS: the study data came from the cases reported from the Epidemiological Vigilance in Penápolis-SP to the Brazilian Information System for Notifiable Diseases; variables were shown according to the Notification/Investigation Individual Formulary of Domestic, Sexual, and/or other Types of Violences. RESULTS: 109 occurrences were studied; most of the victims were young andfemale (93.6%); and the aggressors, mostly were men (57.8%), partners or relatives/acquaintances of victims. Physical violence was the main form of aggression (93.6%), principally in the home (67.9%), on Sunday (16.5%), between 6:01pm and 12:00pm (57.8%). CONCLUSION: the cases reported had a consistent profile of domesticfamily violence against women, differentfrom other studies about interpersonal violence in large cities and metropolitan regions.

Keywords : Violence; Emergency Medical Services; Aggression; Epidemiology; Descriptive; Public Health.

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