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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Towards a Situated Spatial Epidemiology of Violence: A Placially-Informed Geospatial Analysis of Homicide in Alagoas, Brazil.

Blake Byron Walker, Cléssio Moura de Souza, Enrique Pedroso, Ryan S Lai, Paige Hunter, Jessy Tam, Isaac Cave, David Swanlund, Kevan Guilherme Nóbrega Barbosa

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Blake Byron WalkerInstitüt für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1983-3147
Cléssio Moura de SouzaInstitüt für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Enrique PedrosoDepartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8821-1651
Ryan S LaiDepartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.
Paige HunterDepartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.
Jessy TamDepartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.
Isaac CaveDepartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.
David SwanlundDepartment of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2587-6845
Kevan Guilherme Nóbrega BarbosaDepartment for the Professional Master Programme in Health Research, Campus IV, Centro Universitário CESMAC, Macieó 57051-530, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-9410-7356
Simon Fraser University · CAFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DECentro Universitário Cesmac · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents an empirically grounded call for a more nuanced engagement and situatedness with placial characteristics within a spatial epidemiology frame. By using qualitative data collected through interviews and observation to parameterise standard and spatial regression models, and through a critical interpretation of their results, we present initial inroads for a situated spatial epidemiology and an analytical framework for health/medical geographers to iteratively engage with data, modelling, and the context of both the subject and process of analysis. In this study, we explore the socioeconomic factors that influence homicide rates in the Brazilian state of Alagoas from a critical public health perspective. Informed by field observation and interviews with 24 youths in low-income neighbourhoods and prisons in Alagoas, we derive and critically reflect on three regression models to predict municipal homicide rates from 2016-2020. The model results indicate significant effects for the male population, persons without elementary school completion, households with reported income, divorced persons, households without piped water, and persons working outside their home municipality. These results are situated in the broader socioeconomic context, trajectories, and cycles of inequality in the study area and underscore the need for integrative and contextually engaged mixed method study design in spatial epidemiology.

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HomicideViolenceAdolescentBrazilFemaleHumansIncomeMalePovertySocioeconomic FactorsBrazilcrimeGIShomicideinfrastructuresocial determinantsspatial epidemiologyviolence

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PMID33322481
PMCPMC7764635
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