Violência e mortalidade em dependentes de álcool na periferia de São Paulo

• Ano de defesa: 2009
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Jairo Valentim [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Crime; Mortalidade; Periferia; Violência; Alcoolismo; Áreas de Pobreza; Mortality; Underprivileged community; Violence; Alcohol misuse; Poverty Areas
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/10169

Aim: To investigate the outcomes of alcohol related violence within an underprivileged violent suburban area of São Paulo-Brazil. Objective: To investigate the clinic denouement regarding the violence and mortality in alcohol addicted of a neighborhood of São Paulo suburb located in the south zone of the city submitted to the ambulatory specialized treatment. Methods: It is regarding of a retrospective study of seven years with three hundred adult patients that are looked for treatment of alcohol addicteds that were investigated. Twenty three of these addicted refused to participate of this study and thirty seven were not located, 243 persons were contacted. During this period we looked for association of violence and alcohol with crimes by SAAD and a questionnaire about the standards of alcohol consume of WHO/ISBRA, used in a multicentre study in Brazil. We mentioned the problems related to the alcohol consume by DrInC-2L and of a structured questionnaire for the segment study that investigate many variables regarding to the use and its consequences to the alcohol consume. Also it was explored the risk factors and protection related to the mortality and violence. Results: It was founded high mortality rate (16.9%) for men, (19.5%; p=0.012) living below the poverty standard (20%; p=0.006). The main cause of deaths mentioned the liver and pâncreas diseasess (67.5%), followed by violents crimes and accidents (32.5%). SADD related 97.4% of the sample as grave alcohol addicteds. To become part of a religious group seems to be a very important factor of protection related to a delinquent behavior. Conclusion: The alcoholism in the suburbs is associated to the high crimes rates. Violence and mortality. A reform in brazilian public policies related to the abusive use of alcohol is very urgent required and highly touted to decrease damage to the alcohol addicted.