Femicide in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil: Matched case-control study.

Autor: Caicedo-Roa M; State University of Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, Graduate Program of Public Health in the Epidemiology Research Area, Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: monicacaicedoroa@gmail.com., Cordeiro RC; State University of Campinas, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Public Health, Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: rica@unicamp.br., Bandeira LM; Department of Sociology, University of Brasilia, University Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Brazil. Electronic address: lourdesmbandeira@yahoo.com.br.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of forensic and legal medicine [J Forensic Leg Med] 2023 Nov; Vol. 100, pp. 102606. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2023.102606
Abstrakt: Amid the pandemic of violence against women, it is imperative to identify the contributing factors to lethal forms of violence against them. Femicides are the result of the intersection of variables that increase women's vulnerability. This study seeks to estimate the risk factors associated with death due to femicide in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. We considered sociodemographic variables, employment, exposure to violence, and psychoactive substance use. Our analysis employed conditional logistic regression. Using a case-control study design, we paired femicide cases with female controls from the general population, matching them by age and human development index, with a ratio of four controls per case. We analyzed 24 femicide cases and 96 controls. Women in the femicide group had lower educational attainment and were more likely to originate from outside the state of São Paulo. They predominantly held informal jobs, had experienced physical violence from intimate partners within the last 30 days, and exhibited higher alcohol, crack, and antidepressant consumption. Women in the femicide group reported more exposure to threats compared to those in the control group. Two variables significantly explained the likelihood of being a femicide case: a history of intimate partner violence in the last 30 days (OR 73.3, 95% CI: 8.1 to 661.7) and originating from outside the state of São Paulo (OR 6.5, 95% CI: 1.7 to 25.2). In this text, we discuss the findings and methodological challenges encountered in researching lethal violence against women.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Monica Caicedo-Roa received a doctoral scholarship from CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) with the financial code 001. The data collection were part of the research entitled “Distribuição espacial do risco de acidente do trabalho fatal em Campinas SP-Brasil: um estudo caso-controle espacial” financed by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). No additional financial support was available for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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