Trend of social iniquities in reports of sexual violence in Brazil between 2010 and 2014.

Introduction: Sexual violence has emerged in the health field with changes in the epidemiological profiles of populations.

Methodology: An ecological study with 5,565 Brazilian municipalities between 2010 and 2014. A descriptive analysis of the variables (Population rate of sexual violence reporting, household income per capita and HDI) and their stratification by quintile was performed.

Spatial inequality of dental caries in the Brazilian territory.

The distribution of harms to health varies spatially determined by the socioeconomic conditions of the environment. This research aimed to assess the spatial distribution of dental caries in 12-year-old children and their correlation with socioeconomic indicators in Brazilian states. The sample of this ecological study comprised all the 26 Brazilian states and the Federal District.

Prevalence of sexual violence in Brazil: associated individual and contextual factors.

Objectives: Assessing the prevalence of sexual violence in Brazil and its association with individual and contextual factors.

Methods: A multilevel analysis performed with cross-sectional data from 2010. The adjusted prevalence ratio was estimated through Poisson multilevel modelling.

Individual and contextual factors associated to the self-perception of oral health in Brazilian adults.

Objective: To analyze how individual characteristics and the social context, together, are associated with self-perception of the oral health.

Methods: A multilevel cross-sectional study with data from the Brazilian National Health Survey 2013, the United Nations Development Program, and the National Registry of Health Establishments. The explanatory variables for the "oral health perception" outcome were grouped, according to the study framework, into biological characteristics (sex, color, age), proximal social determinants (literacy, household crowding, and socioeconomic stratification), and distal (years of schooling expectancy at age 18, GINI, Human Development Index, and per capita income).

Social Inequalities and the Oral health in Brazilian Capitals.

Despite the improvement of the lives of Brazilians, still persists a panorama of iniquities in health in Brazil. This ecological study evaluated the relationship of socioeconomic conditions and public health policy with oral health conditions in Brazilian capitals. Factor analysis was performed with the socioeconomic indicators, revealing two common factors: economic deprivation and socio-sanitary condition.