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0144/2025 - Reporting of violence against persons experiencing homelessness: An analysis of SINAN
Notificações de violência contra Pessoas em Situação de Rua: Análise do SINAN

Author:

• Thiago Gomes Gontijo - Gontijo, TG - <thiago.gontijo15@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7582-275X

Co-author(s):

• Nádia Machado de Vasconcelos - Vasconcelos, NM - <nadiamv87@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2323-3064
• Regina Tomie Ivata Bernal - Bernal, RTI - <reginabernal@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7917-3857
• Giovanna Martins e Soares - Soares, GM - <giovannamartinses@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9102-1514
• Giselle Lima de Freitas - Freitas, GL - <gisellelf18@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8118-8054
• Deborah Carvalho Malta - Malta, DC - <dcmalta@uol.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8214-5734


Abstract:

The objective of this study is to analyze notifications of violence against people experiencing homelessness and the associations between the characteristics of victims, the nature of the aggression, and the perpetrators. Data were collected from the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) from 2015 to 2022, totaling 42,621 records. An annual upward trend in notifications was observed, with a decrease during the pandemic year of 2020 and a resurgence in 2021. Physical violence was the most common type, and the majority of victims were Black individuals. Correspondence analysis showed an association between violence resulting from legal interventions, involving firearms, with police officers as the aggressors. Among Black male victims, physical violence with blunt objects was associated with unknown aggressors, and bars or similar venues were common locations of aggression. For White female victims, recurrent psychological/moral violence, involving threats and physical force, was more likely to involve known aggressors such as intimate partners or family members and occurred within the home. The existence of these varied profiles highlights the need for public policies that address the distinct vulnerabilities within this population.

Keywords:

Violence. Exposure to violence. Social vulnerability. Socioeconomic factors. Homeless people.

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Gontijo, TG, Vasconcelos, NM, Bernal, RTI, Soares, GM, Freitas, GL, Malta, DC. Reporting of violence against persons experiencing homelessness: An analysis of SINAN. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/May). [Citado em 26/01/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/reporting-of-violence-against-persons-experiencing-homelessness-an-analysis-of-sinan/19620



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