Factors associated with suicide attempt in the municipality of Gameleira in Pernambuco State, Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Factors associated with suicide attempt in the municipality of Gameleira in Pernambuco State, Brazil
Received 03rd June, 2019; Received in revised form 21st July, 2019; Accepted 17th August, 2019; Published online 30th September, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Eliana Lessa Cordeiro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To identify the social factors associated with suicide attempt in the municipality of Gameleira-PE. Methods: This is a quantitative study, conducted in the municipality of Gameleira-PE. Data collection used the notification form given to the Epidemiological Surveillance that composed the database. The program used for typing and retrieval of statistical calculations was the IBM SPSS in version 2.3, presenting the data as tables. Resulted: The results of the data crossing from the present study showed that, in the municipality of Gameleira- PE, suicide attempt prevails in females, young, low schooling and pardo color. Conclusion: The attempted suicide and death from suicide have been growing in Brazil, requiring that public bodies seek strategies for prevention of suicide, focusing on non-fatal suicide attempts as the best strategy, proposing an appropriate care and reception, providing universal access to health, psychological, social services appropriately.
