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0077/2023 - WHAT HAVE ADOLESCENTS IN RIO DE JANEIRO CITY DONE TO REDUCE THEIR EXPOSURE TO COMMUNITY VIOLENCE?
O QUE OS ADOLESCENTES DO MUNICÍPIO DO RIO DE JANEIRO TÊM FEITO PARA REDUZIR SUA EXPOSIÇÃO À VIOLÊNCIA COMUNITÁRIA?

Author:

• Emanuele Souza Marques - Marques, E. S. - <emanuelesm.ims@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8633-7290

Co-author(s):

• Michael Eduardo Reichenheim - Reichenheim, M.E - <michaelreichenheim@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7232-6745
• Erika Barbosa dos Santos - Santos, E.B - <ebregiss@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5155-7691
• Stella R. Taquette - Taquette, ER - <taquette@uerj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-3025
• Claudia Leite de Moraes - Moraes, C.L - <clmoraes.uerj@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3223-1634


Abstract:

The objective of the study is to know the individual strategies to avoid exposure to community violence most used by adolescentspublic and private schools in the IX Administrative Region of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, as well as to investigate the profile of co-occurrence and its prevalence in specific population subgroups. This is a sectional study with 693 individuals. A self-completed multidimensional questionnaire collected information regarding strategies to avoid exposure to community violence. The most used strategies were avoiding walking there are armed people (55.5%), avoiding walking alone (30.5%), and avoiding returning home at dawn (24.7%). Girls were found to adopt more of all (concurrently) the four types of limiting behaviors to reduce their exposure to community violence (53% vs 32%). Notably, the adoption of such strategies differed by socioeconomic indicators, being higher among adolescentslower-income families. These findings draw attention to the high frequency of use of such strategies by adolescents, which may hinder and limit the full development of their social and cultural skills.

Keywords:

Exposure to violence; Community violence; Adolescent; Health surveys.

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Marques, E. S., Reichenheim, M.E, Santos, E.B, Taquette, ER, Moraes, C.L. WHAT HAVE ADOLESCENTS IN RIO DE JANEIRO CITY DONE TO REDUCE THEIR EXPOSURE TO COMMUNITY VIOLENCE?. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Apr). [Citado em 17/05/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/what-have-adolescents-in-rio-de-janeiro-city-done-to-reduce-their-exposure-to-community-violence/18703?id=18703



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