This a cross-sectional study made in Fortaleza, Ceará, 2009, which included 458 teenagers and analyzed their exposure to violence, describing their access to weapons, alcohol abuse, illegal drug use and their self-esteem by investigating their socio-economic, school and family characteristics and exposure to the phenomenon. A questionnaire and/or structured interviews were used for data collection, and analysis involved Pearson's chi-square test, with 95% reliability. Of the 458 participants, 17.7% were considered to be exposed to criminal violence. Significant variables for exposure to violence included: place of birth (p = 0.020), years of schooling (p = 0,009), school absenteeism (p < 0.001), the father as the head of the family (p = 0.026), alcoholaddicted parents (p < 0.001), good/very good family relationships (p = 0.009), and parents' dissatisfaction with their children's friends (p < 0.001). Thus, it is necessary that public policies focus on a support network for care of adolescents and that urban centers organize themselves socially and politically in the quest for understanding the effects of exposure to violence among adolescents in low-income communities.
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Moreira, D. P., Vieira, L. J. E. de S., Pordeus, A. M. J., Lira, S. V. G., Luna, G. L. M., e Silva, J. G., & Machado, M. de F. A. S. (2013). Exposure to violence among adolescents in a low-income community in the northeast of Brazil. Ciencia e Saude Coletiva, 18(5), 1273–1282. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1413-81232013000500012
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