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Kezauyn Miranda Aiquoc1, Talita Araújo de Souza2, Arthur de Almeida Medeiros1,3
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Av. Sen. Salgado Filho 1787, Lagoa Nova. 59020-110 Natal RN Brasil. kezauyn@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The aim is to analyze the prevalence of exposure to violence among Brazilian ninth-graders by differences in ethnicity/skin color. We employed data from the 2015 National Student Health Survey (PeNSE) and calculated prevalence rates adjusted for age, gender, and maternal schooling by ethnicity/skin color distribution. The prevalence ratio (PR) was calculated with 95% confidence intervals. A multilevel Poisson regression model was also applied. Black students were more involved in firearm fights and were seriously injured (PR = 1.50; 95%CI: 1.27-1.76; and PR = 1.36; 95%CI: 1.22-1.52, respectively); Indigenous people had a higher prevalence of being involved in physical fighting (PR = 1.23; 95%CI: 1.09-1.38) and of being involved in fights with sharp-cutting weapons (PR = 1.38; 95%CI: 1.11-1.73). In the multilevel model, living in states with lower HDI (PR = 3.54; 95%CI: 1.35-9.22) and being Black (PR = 1.39; 95%CI: 1.29-1.50) were associated with studying at a school that interrupted or suspended classes for safety reasons. The data suggest inequities in the distribution of exposures to violence suffered by Brazilian adolescents by ethnicity/skin color criterion.
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