0181/2017 - Prevalence and violence-associated factors in the work of female prison guards in Brazil.
Prevalência e fatores associados à violência no ambiente de trabalho em agentes de segurança penitenciária do sexo feminino no Brasil.
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Author:
• Marcelo José Monteiro Ferreira - Ferreira, Marcelo José Monteiro - FORTALEZA - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Saúde Comunitária - <marceloferreira@ufc.br>Co-author(s):
• Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr - KERR, L.R.F.S. - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Saúde Comunitária - <ligiakerr@gmail.com>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4941-408X
• Roberto Justa Pires Neto - Pires Neto, R.J - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Saúde Comunitária - <robertojusta@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0291-9523
• Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira - Vieira, L.J.E.S. - Fortaleza, - Universidade de Fortaleza, Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva - <janeeyre@unifor.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5220-027X
• Ageo Mário Cândido da Silva - Silva, A.M.C. - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Saúde Coletiva - <ageoms@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5293-9413
• Carl Kendall - kendall, C. - Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine - <carl.kendall@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0794-4333
• Rosa Maria Salani Mota - Mota, R. M. S. - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Matemática - <rosamarias688@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-8372
• Hermelinda Maia Macena - Macena, H.M - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fisioterapia - <lindamacena@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3320-8380
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Não CategorizadoAbstract:
Objective: To estimate the prevalence and violence-associated factors in the work of female correctional officers in Brazil.Method: A multicenter cross-section study carried out in 15 female correctional facilities in Brazil’s five regions. The Pearson chi-square test was performed. Odds Ratio and Confidence Intervals were estimated for factors that showed a significant association or were confounding factors.
Results: The prevalence of having undergone at least one violent occurrence during the professional exercise as an officer was 28.4%. It draws attention to the fact that agents themselves are identified as the main suspect of robbery (74,6%), moral violence (68,1%) and sexual harassment (66,8%) against their co-workers. Working in more than one correctional facility (OR = 3,23; CI = 1,51 - 6,9). The main associated factors are: working in houses of temporary deprivation, age of admission to the prison system and low social support among co-workers.
Conclusion: Violence in the Brazilian prison environment is of great magnitude and considered a complex phenomenon with multiple causes. To fight that, it is necessary to adopt intersectoral actions.
