Association of hoarding case identification and animal protection programs to socioeconomic indicators in a major metropolitan area of Brazil.

ABSTRACT: The present study assessed the identification of animal and object hoarding disorder cases by contact and mapping and the presence of animal protection programs in association with seven social-economic indicators of the metropolitan area of the ninth-biggest metropolitan area of Brazil. City Secretaries of Health and Environment provided demographic information and responded to a questionnaire. Overall, a very high level of hoarding case identification per municipality was associated with a higher Human Development Index, population, density, and income and related to distance from Curitiba, the capital of Parana State. Low and very low levels of hoarding case identification were related to greater area, higher Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), inequality, illiteracy, and rural areas. Ver

SUBMITTER: de Moura RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9574217 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature