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Heidi Stöckl1, Karen Devries, Alexandra Rotstein
1Social and Mathematical Epidemiology Group, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. heidi.stoeckl@lshtm.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|June 25, 2013
Resumen
A nivel mundial, más del 13% de los homicidios son homicidios de pareja íntima, con más de un tercio de los homicidios de mujeres perpetrados por una pareja íntima. Esto pone de relieve la necesidad crítica de estrategias de prevención de la violencia de pareja íntima.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud Global La salud global.
- Criminología de la Criminología.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- El homicidio es una causa global significativa de muerte prematura.
- Los datos sobre los homicidios de pareja íntima son escasos debido a la falta de información sobre la relación entre víctima y delincuente.
- Estimar la prevalencia global del homicidio de pareja íntima es crucial para la salud pública y la política.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para estimar la prevalencia global y regional del homicidio de pareja íntima.
- Analizar la proporción de homicidios cometidos por parejas íntimas, diferenciando por el género de la víctima.
- Identificar las regiones de alta prevalencia de homicidio por parte de la pareja íntima.
Principales métodos:
- Búsqueda sistemática de cinco bases de datos (Medline, Salud Global, Embase, Política Social, Web of Science) para obtener estudios relevantes.
- La inclusión de 118 artículos de texto completo y 53 estimaciones de fuentes oficiales de 169 países.
- Cálculo de la prevalencia mediana de homicidio por pareja íntima por país y región, para hombres y mujeres por separado, utilizando un algoritmo de evaluación de calidad.
Principales resultados:
- Se analizaron datos de 66 países, revelando que el 13,5% de todos los homicidios fueron cometidos por una pareja íntima.
- Los homicidios femeninos eran seis veces más propensos a ser perpetrados por una pareja íntima (38,6%) en comparación con los homicidios masculinos (6,3%).
- La mayor prevalencia mediana de homicidio por pareja íntima se observó en países de altos ingresos y el sudeste asiático, particularmente para las víctimas femeninas.
Conclusiones:
- Al menos uno de cada siete homicidios globales y más de un tercio de los homicidios de mujeres están relacionados con la violencia de pareja.
- El homicidio de pareja íntima a menudo es el resultado de una historia de abuso, lo que requiere estrategias integrales de prevención.
- Los sistemas mejorados de recopilación de datos y monitoreo son vitales, junto con las inversiones en prevención de la violencia, evaluación de riesgos, apoyo a las víctimas y control de armas de fuego.
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