Health promotion, participation in collective actions and situation of violence among user

628 users from 58 Basic Health Units in Ribeirão das Neves, Brazil, were interviewed via semi-structured questionnaires. The study, authored by Márcia Maria Rodrigues Ribeiro, analyzes the relationship between participation in collective actions and experiences of violence. Statistical analysis used Chi-square tests and correspondence analysis to examine associations between types of collective action and types of violence.

Use Cases

• Modeling the association between participation in religious services and the prevalence of violence based on the study's findings.
• Analyzing the link between sports/art activities and the absence of verbal and sexual violence as described in the correspondence analysis.
• Investigating the relationship between participation in associations/unions and lower rates of psychological violence, physical violence, and suicide attempts.
• Studying the correlation between voluntary work and the absence of sexual violence or having a murdered relative, as indicated by the analysis.

Strengths

• Data is based on 628 interviews, providing a substantive sample size for analysis.
• Study design includes specific statistical methods (Chi-square test, correspondence analysis) for evaluating associations.
• Findings detail associations between several distinct types of collective action (e.g., religious, sports/art, voluntary work) and specific forms of violence.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation for the underlying dataset are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data is geographically limited to a single municipality in Brazil, which may limit generalizability.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Márcia Maria Rodrigues Ribeiro

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews with users of primary care units.

Geography

Municipality of Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais, Brazil