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Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues1, Francisco Chiaravalloti-Neto2, Jack Roberto Silva Fhon2
1Universidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objective:
to analyze the spatial distribution of elder abuse in Ribeirão Preto-SP, according to victims' place of residence and event.
Method:
an ecological study that analyzed 1,153 elder abuse police reports (2009 to 2013). Local gross and empirical Bayesian rates and Local Moran's I were calculated.
Results:
there was a heterogeneous distribution of concentration of sectors with a high incidence rate surrounded by neighbors with also high rates, considering place of residence. In contrast, analysis by place of occurrence showed a greater concentration in the central areas of the municipality. More than 80% of cases of violence occurred at their own homes and with spatial dependence on distribution by occurrence up to a 5,000 m distance from their places of residence.
Conclusion:
data reinforce that violence is a complex phenomenon, affecting several social strata, including in central urban areas and in elderly people families' own context.
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