Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:20:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Affonso Celso Favoretto.pdf: 1152497 bytes, checksum: a1e0fa064fa57ee198b24a59738aeef4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-18 / The context of sexual crimes received important alterations by the Brazilian legislator, which materialized them through law 12.015/2009. The present paper turns around the interpretation of the mentioned transformation, specially focusing on the rape against vulnerable people, innovative penal type that since its advent, cause intense debate in Brazilian doctrine and jurisprudence. The task of interpreting the content of the crime in question only becomes possible because of the constitutional reading, being the penal constitutional principles and criminalization warrants, important tools of which the studious people and Penal Right operators have / O contexto dos crimes sexuais recebeu importantes alterações por parte do legislador pátrio, que as materializou por intermédio da Lei 12.015/2009. O presente trabalho se volta à interpretação das mencionadas transformações, tendo como foco principal o crime de estupro contra vulnerável, tipo penal inovador que desde o seu advento provocou intenso debate na doutrina e jurisprudência pátrias. A tarefa de interpretar o conteúdo do delito em questão somente se torna possível por meio de sua leitura constitucional, sendo os princípios constitucionais penais e os mandados de criminalização importantes ferramentas das quais dispõem os estudiosos e operadores do Direito Penal

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:22:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriel de Carvalho Sampaio.pdf: 1470926 bytes, checksum: 3dd3f834500e4c02fa0054175d227943 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-11-28 / This is a case study of seven young vulnerable criminally prosecuted for the crime of drug trafficking and aims to analyze the primary criminalization for such a crime as well as the secondary criminalization of this group and Judiciary Power regarding the protection of their individual rights and guarantees. These objectives will be achieved through a criminological approach and technical research consisting of participant observation, in addition to research on domestic and foreign works about criminology, rights and guarantees, criminal law and criminal procedure, as well as data produced and provided by government agencies, international organizations and civil society organizations / O presente trabalho é um estudo de caso de sete jovens vulneráveis processados criminalmente pela prática de tráfico de drogas e que tem por objetivo a análise da criminalização primária por tal conduta, bem como a criminalização secundária deste grupo de jovens e a atuação do Poder Judiciário em relação à tutela de seus direitos e garantias individuais. Os objetivos serão alcançados por meio de uma abordagem criminológica e da técnica de investigação que consiste na observação participante, além de pesquisa em obras nacionais e estrangeiras a respeito da criminologia, dos direitos e garantias fundamentais, do direito penal e do processo penal, bem como de dados produzidos e fornecidos por órgãos públicos, organismos internacionais e organizações da sociedade civil

Cette thèse porte sur le phénomène de vulnérabilité qui fait référence à une situation de pauvreté potentielle dans laquelle un consommateur peut se retrouver à tout moment de sa vie lorsqu’il est confronté à différents aléas (Baker, Gentry, Rittenburg, 2005). Le profil des consommateurs vulné-rables est difficilement appréhendable par une simple catégorisation tant les dimensions de la vulné-rabilité sont multiples. Nous nous intéressons dans cette recherche à cette frange de consommateurs encore méconnue qui se retrouve dans l’obligation de développer des stratégies coping (Hamilton, Catterall, 2008, 2005) pour maintenir un lien à la consommation. Nous nous focalisons sur la con-sommation énergétique et menons notre recherche en France et au Royaume-Uni, deux fortement engagés en matière de protection des consommateurs vulnérables. Dans la mesure où nous cherchons à décrire l’évolution des comportements de consommation, nous convenons de la mise en place d’une démarche qualitative basée premièrement sur des interviews semi-directives auprès d’acteurs locaux puis des entretiens auprès des consommateurs vulnérables. Au cours de cette deuxième investigation, nous recourons à l’utilisation d’une double méthode : la mé-thode projective des récits immersifs et les entretiens phénoménologiques. Ce choix nous permet, d’une part d’éviter la stigmatisation de nos interlocuteurs et d’autre part de cerner au mieux l’évolution de leurs comportements de consommation. L’interprétation des résul-tats nous permet de mener une discussion sur le consommateur vulnérable et la manière dont il appréhende sa situation. Ce dernier développe de nombreuses compétences issues de la mobilisation de différentes ressources pour faire face à une situation difficile. Ce résul-tat en matière de capacité à mobiliser des compétences invite à réinterroger les fondamen-taux de la vulnérabilité. Les qualificatifs de démuni ou d’assisté, longtemps utilisés pour dé-signer cette frange de consommateurs semble désormais injustifié. Les consommateurs vul-nérables sont capables de réactivité et de réflexivité au même titre que l’ensemble des con-sommateurs. Nous concluons enfin cette recherche par l’identification d’actions pouvant être adoptées par les acteurs confrontés à l’émergence de la vulnérabilité. / This thesis focuses on the vulnerability issue that refers to a situation of potential poverty that can affect any consumer (Baker, Gentry, Rittenburg, 2005). The profile of vulnerable consumers is hard-ly apprehendable due to the multiple dimensions of vulnerability. In this research we focus on these unknown consumers who face the obligation to develop coping strategies (Hamilton, Catterall, 2008, 2005) in order to maintain their consumption. We concentrate on energy consumption and conduct our work in France and in the United Kingdom, two countries highly engaged in the pro-tection of vulnerable consumers. As we seek to describe changes in consumer behavior, we agree to establish a qualitative research based first on semi-structured interviews with local actors, and inter-views with vulnerable consumers. During the second investigation, we decide to use a dual ap-proach: projective method and phenomenological interviews. This choice helps to avoid stigmatiza-tion of respondents and contributes to identify changes in consumption patterns. At the end of this research, we conduct a discussion about the vulnerable consumer and the way he copes with his life conditions. Vulnerable consumers develop many skills from the mobilization of various resources to deal with a difficult situation. This result invites to reconsider the fundamental of vulnerability. The terms of needy or assisted people used to describe these consumers seem now unjustified. Vulnera-ble consumers are able to react as all consumers. We conclude this research by identifying actions than can be adopted by organizations facing the increase of vulnerability.

Cette thèse a pour objectif d’éprouver la mise en actes du dispositif de prise en soins dans la relation d’aides ausujet fragile à domicile. Ce travail est envisagé par une étude multidimensionnelle des caractéristiquespsychologiques liées à l’acte d'aide à domicile et celles de leurs conséquences en termes de psychopathologies etde qualité de vie. Selon les données de notre étude, le profil du dispositif de prendre soin à domicile s’ancre dansun axe très médicalisé. Un axe qui va à l’encontre des besoins et attentes des sujets fragiles comme de leursaidants qui soulignent une nécessité fondamentale de lien social. Parallèlement, nous constatons que lesdispositifs de prendre soins à domicile, aujourd'hui mis en place, ne sont pas de « vraies réponses » et restentencore largement sous-utilisés. L’Aidant-Expert n’est pas soutenu dans la construction de ses proprescompétences à savoir-faire et savoir-être. Il est dans l’incapacité de venir dire quelque chose de sa réalité du vécude l’aide ou de souligner la complexité des situations de prise en soins investies. Les résultats de ces travauxsoulignent, par ailleurs, un risque élevé d’accidents à domicile renforçant un sentiment de vigilance extrême. Cesdonnées vont dans le sens de l’analyse plus fine des réels besoins et attentes des acteurs de l’aide. In fine, cettethèse permet de mettre en exergue des recommandations à envisager pour une prise en soins adaptée du sujetfragile et de son entourage à domicile. En effet, la prise en considération de l’expérience collective del’environnement d’exercice de l’aide permettra de venir contrebalancer les effets délétères de cette prise en soinspermettant alors une mise en actes au plus juste du dispositif à domicile. / Our work aims at enhancing the quality of home caregiving for vulnerable patients. This objective is assessedvia a multidimensional study evaluating psychological characteristics of home caregiving, and also theconsequences of these acts on mental health and quality of life.Our data show that the structure of home caregiving is mainly of medical significance. A significance thatresponds to expectations of patients and their caregivers, and also the social interactions between both caregivingactors. We hence conclude that the actual structure of home caregiving does not refers to “right answers” andstill widely underused. Furthermore, the expert caregivers are likely to lack structuring of their competencies, asrelated to their know-how and life skills. These professionals show great difficulties expressing 1) the nature oftheir professional experience and 2) the complexity of some of their tasks. Another finding of our work is relatedto a high risk of home accidents which induces an important level of alertness. This outcome fits with a detailedanalysis of caregivers’ needs. Finally, our work highlights some recommendations for a better home caregivingfor vulnerable populations and their families. It seems that taking into account the collective experience of thecaregiving environment would address the deleterious effects of home caregiving, which may enhance thequality and efficiency of such intervention.

Submitted by Rosivalda Pereira (mrs.pereira@ufma.br) on 2017-10-04T20:26:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ElisangelaSantos.pdf: 3205873 bytes, checksum: 0ea1c3dc20ca9f96a31dac45e32d26af (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-04T20:26:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ElisangelaSantos.pdf: 3205873 bytes, checksum: 0ea1c3dc20ca9f96a31dac45e32d26af (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-04 / Introduction: Excessive salt consumption has been observed in most countries over the last years, ranging from nine to 12 grams per person per day, above the limit recommended by the World Health Organization which is five grams at the most. Currently, high sodium intake has been considered a major risk factor for development of diseases. The 24-hour urinary sodium excretion is considered the gold standard method for evaluation of sodium consumption; however, difficulties associated with accuracy of urine collections may interfere with the results. Estimation of sodium intake by spot urine samples, at population level, has been increasingly used as a suitable and inexpensive alternative. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 1,211 African descendants from Alcântara, Maranhão. Demographic, lifestyle, clinical and laboratory data were evaluated. The urinary excretion estimation of sodium and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were obtained using the Kawasaki and the CKDEPI equations, respectively. In order to identify variables related to sodium excretion, the multivariate linear regression model was used and the variables with p value < 0.20 were included in the analysis. A multivariate linear regression model was used to determine the relationship between eGFR and sodium excretion. A significance level of 5% was used and the data were analyzed using the STATA 14.0 software. Results: Most individuals were women (52.8%) with a mean age of 37.5 ± 11.7 years. The prevalence of hypertension was 21.3%. The mean excretion of sodium was 204.6 ± 15.3 mmol/d and the eGFR was 111.8 ± 15.3 mL / min / 1.73 m². Hypertensive individuals showed higher sodium excretion (217.9 ± 90.1 mmol / d vs 199.2 ± 83.0 mmol \ d; p = 0.002). After the adjusted analysis, the waist circumference (PR = 1.16), triglycerides (RP = 1.13), systolic blood pressure (RP = 1.19) and eGFR (RP = 1.24) remained related with urinary sodium excretion. According to the multivariate linear regression, the eGFR was correlated independently with sodium excretion (β = 0.11, p <0.001), age (β = -0.67, p <0.001), female gender (β = -0.20, p <0.001) and BMI (β=-0.09; p <0.001). Conclusion: Urinary excretion of sodium was high in spot urine sample. Furthermore, association with waist circumference, triglycerides, systolic blood pressure and eGFR was observed. The eGFR was negatively correlated with age, female gender and body mass index. Conversely, there was a positive correlation between eGFR and urinary sodium excretion. / Introdução: Nos últimos anos, o consumo de sal tem sido excessivo na maioria dos países, variando de nove a 12 gramas por pessoa por dia, ultrapassando o recomendado pela Organização Mundial de Saúde que é de cinco gramas de sal, no máximo. Atualmente o consumo elevado de sódio passou a ser considerado um dos principais fatores de risco para desenvolvimento de doenças. A avaliação do consumo, por meio da excreção em urina de 24h é considerada o método padrão ouro, entretanto, as dificuldades associadas com a acurácia da coleta da urina podem interferir nos resultados, estimativa a partir da coleta de urina isolada, a nível populacional, é cada vez mais utilizada como uma alternativa conveniente e acessível. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado com 1211 afrodescendentes de Alcântra-Ma. Foram avaliados dados demográficos, de estilo de vida e clínico laboratoriais. A estimativa da excreção urinária de sódio foi avaliada por meio da equação de Kawasaki e a taxa de filtração glomerular estimada (TFGe) pela equação do CKD-EPI. Para identificar as variáveis relacionadas com a excreção de sódio foi utilizado o modelo de regressão linear multivariado e as variáveis com p-valor<0,20 foram consideradas na análise. Para determinar a relação entre TFGe e excreção de sódio foi utilizado um modelo de regressão linear multivariada. O nível de significância adotado para a análise foi de 5% e os dados foram analisados no software STATA 14.0. Resultados: A maioria dos indivíduos eram mulheres (52,8%), com média de idade de 37,5±11,7 anos. A prevalência de hipertensão foi de 21,3% e a média de excreção de sódio foi de 204,6±15,3 mmol/d e da TFGe de 111,8±15,3 ml/min/1,73m². Indivíduoas hipertensos apresentaram maior excreção de sódio (217.9±90,1mmol/d vs 199,2±83,0 mmol\dia; p=0,002). Após análise ajustada, a circunferência da cintura (RP=1,16), triglicerídeos (RP=1,13), pressão arterial sistólica (RP=1,19) e TFGe (RP=1,24) permaneceram associadas à excreção urinária de sódio. De acordo com a regressão linear multivariada, a TFGe se correlacionou independentemente com a excreção de sódio (β = 0,11; p <0,001), idade (β = -0,67; p <0,001), sexo feminino (β = -0,20; p <0,001) e IMC (β = -0,09; p <0,001). Conclusão: A excreção urinária de sódio, avaliada em amostra isolada de urina, foi elevada e aspresentou associação com a circunferência da cintura, triglicerídeos, pressão arterial sistólica e TFGe. A TFGe foi correlacionada negativamente com idade, sexo feminino e índice de massa corporal, e positivamente com a excreção urinária de sódio.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:34:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ricardo Bastelli.pdf: 978010 bytes, checksum: 1c87ef2cf9546369903bdf0e5ffa7c0d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-05 / The present dissertation has as a theme the criminal protection of the minority and of the vulnerable groups. The study initiates with the conceptualization of the term minority and its distinction related to the vulnerable groups, having as foundation the international treaties and the study conducted by United Nations. Thereafter, it accomplish the criminal protection analyses conferred to the minority and vulnerable groups, either in the international plan defining the international crimes, just like the duty assumed by the Brazilian State in criminalize the conduct of violation to the human rights of the minority , or in the intern plan, describing the legal instruments that secure many kind of groups. Finally, assayed the foundation of the criminal protection in the dogmatic and criminological aspects, to conclude about its relative aptitude in accomplish the minority rights. / A presente dissertação tem como tema a tutela penal das minorias e dos grupos vulneráveis. O estudo tem início com a conceituação do termo minoria e a sua diferenciação em relação aos grupos vulneráveis, tendo por fundamento os tratados internacionais e os estudos realizados no âmbito da Organização das Nações Unidas. Em seguida, empreende-se a análise da proteção penal conferida aos grupos minoritários e vulneráveis, tanto no plano internacional definindo os crimes internacionais, bem como as obrigações assumidas pelo Estado brasileiro em criminalizar as condutas de violação aos direitos humanos das minorias , quanto no plano interno, descrevendo os instrumentos legais que tutelam os mais diversos grupos. Por fim, examina-se os fundamentos da tutela penal das minorias, nos aspectos dogmáticos e criminológicos, para concluir acerca da sua relativa idoneidade em efetivar os direitos das minorias.

Submitted by Cristiane Chim (cristiane.chim@ucpel.edu.br) on 2018-05-09T12:44:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIÂNGELA ALVES GONZALES.PDF: 3527799 bytes, checksum: 3fd737774a0733f0d697bac1baec6c5b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-09T12:44:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARIÂNGELA ALVES GONZALES.PDF: 3527799 bytes, checksum: 3fd737774a0733f0d697bac1baec6c5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES# / #2075167498588264571# / #600 / The objective of the present research was to identify "Good Practices" in the care given by the Judge of the Public Chain of Porto Alegre, addressed to the relatives of prisoners, as well as to reveal the capacity to confront or appease the prison situation in the light of the categories of regulation and emancipation. For that, interviews were conducted with a semi-structured script with 21 relatives of prisoners, 6 servers of the court, 1 magistrate and 1 director of the chain, involved in the service. The presentation of the theoretical reference explained through the socio-political-economic dimensions the penitentiary issue under the bias of criminal execution, provided for in the Law on Criminal Executions and the contradictions existing in the prison context. Through the survey of ordinances, judicial decisions, laws, photographic collection, list of attended, graphs, tables and pictures, the scenario of the prison unit was investigated. In this investigative process 8 categories of analysis were created: Judiciary Power; The attendance; Results of care; Conflict in prison; Relatives in the prisoner's life; The State through social and penitentiary policies; The family; and, the prisoner. In the chapter for the conclusions, the main analyzes of this research were presented, which consisted mainly of the consequences of the State's gaps, caused by the absence or insufficiency of policies for the prison population, in addition to the problems of the prison system. A set of critical reflections was presented based on the results of the research, considering the theoretical framework, the verbal productions of the interviewees and the field observations. And, from a utopian critical perspective, with a humanistic bias, the objective was to identify the potential of care in relation to the demands of family members and to confront the penitentiary issue, presenting the need for practices aimed at harm reduction as a form of resistance to actions that violate the rights and human dignity of prisoners and relatives, aiming at the future aspirations of the extinction of prison in society. / O objetivo da presente pesquisa consistiu na identificação de ―Boas Práticas‖ no atendimento realizado pelo Juizado da Cadeia Pública de Porto Alegre, dirigido aos familiares dos presos, bem como desvelar a capacidade de enfrentamento ou apaziguamento da situação penitenciária sob a luz das categorias regulação e emancipação. Para isso, foram realizadas entrevistas com roteiro semiestruturado com 21 familiares dos presos, 6 servidores do juizado, 1 magistrado e 1 diretor da Cadeia, envolvidos no atendimento. A apresentação do referencial teórico explicou através das dimensões sócio-político-econômicas a questão penitenciária sob o viés da execução penal, prevista na Lei de Execuções Penais e as contradições existentes no contexto prisional. Por meio do levantamento de portarias, decisões judiciais, leis, acervo fotográfico, lista de atendidos, gráficos, tabelas e quadros, demonstrou-se o cenário da unidade prisional pesquisada. Neste processo investigatório foram criadas 8 categorias de análises: Poder Judiciário; O atendimento; Resultados do atendimento; Os conflitos na prisão; Os familiares na vida do preso; O Estado através das políticas sociais e penitenciárias; A família; e, O preso. No capítulo destinado às conclusões apresentou-se as principais análises desta pesquisa, as quais consistiram, sobretudo, nas consequências das lacunas do Estado, causadas pela ausência ou insuficiência das políticas para a população carcerária, somadas aos problemas do sistema prisional. Na sequência apresentou-se um conjunto de reflexões críticas com base nos resultados da pesquisa, considerando o arcabouço teórico, as produções verbais dos entrevistados e as observações de campo. E, sob a perspectiva crítica utópica, com viés humanístico, buscou-se identificar a potencialidade do atendimento em relação às demandas dos familiares e ao enfrentamento da questão penitenciária, apresentando a necessidade de práticas com vistas à redução de danos, como forma de resistência as ações que ferem os direitos e a dignidade humana dos presos e familiares, visando as aspirações futuras da extinção da prisão na sociedade.

O território desta pesquisa se tece a partir de experiências acompanhadas como terapeuta ocupacional em dispositivos transversais que tocam a experiência artística com destaque para a arte contemporânea, fotografia e audiovisual e se instauram na vizinhança de práticas de saúde e/ou envolvem a presença de pessoas em situações de vulnerabilidades. Descrições e relatos dessas experiências se entrecruzam com conceitos filosóficos e referências artísticas, compondo ensaios que discutem problemáticas relativas às estratégias de participação social e cultural de pessoas que, por múltiplas questões, vivem situações de vulnerabilidades. Essa discussão contribuiu para delinear analisadores de situações de sofrimento e exclusão nos processos de subjetivação contemporâneos para além dessas populações específicas, configurando um campo problemático definido pela biopolítica enquanto regime de poder hegemônico que compõe os domínios da terapia ocupacional e da cultura, e por processos de relação com a imagem onde a prevalência da discursividade prescreve vivências blindando a possibilidade de se viver experiências. A partir da cartografia mapeou-se linhas transversais vividas de forma singular em cada experiência: a presença da câmera fotográfica e/ou audiovisual e a circulação nos diferentes espaços da cidade e da vida coletiva. As referências artísticas se constituíram por projetos cuja produção de imagens fotográficas e/ou audiovisuais envolve processos colaborativos e, as referências conceituais se constituíram no campo da filosofia, da estética e da cultura envolvendo diferentes autores, com destaque para Foucault, Bergson, Benjamin, Deleuze, Guattari, Pèlbart, Rancière, Groys, Galard e Hall. As práticas artísticas, engendradas numa determinada perspectiva, destacam-se enquanto alternativas para instaurar experimentações que possibilitam a produção de subjetividade a partir da heterogênese. Assim, esta pesquisa contribui ao conjunto de estudos interdisciplinares na interface das artes, da cultura e da produção de saúde. / The territory of this research is determined by accompanied experiences of an occupational therapist in transversal devices that compose artistic experiences especially contemporary arts, photography and video and involve health practices and/or the presence of people in vulnerable situations. Descriptions and reports of these experiences are mutually crossed with philosophical concepts and artistic references, producing essays to discuss and appoint problems related to strategies of social and cultural participation of people who, by multiple issues, live in vulnerable situations. This discussion contributed to outline indicators of suffering and exclusion in contemporary subjectification processes beyond these specific populations. Facing a problematic field defined by biopolitics as an hegemonic power regime that compose the occupational therapy and culture domains, and the processes of dealing with images, the discursivity prevalence dictates experiences plating the possibility of experimentation. The cartography method was used to survey transversal lines revealed in a particular way in each experience: the presence of a camera and the circulation in different urban and collective spaces. The artistic references were built by projects that produce images and videos by collaborative processes; the conceptual references were produced in the philosophy, esthetics and culture fields and involved several authors, specially Foucault, Bergson, Benjamin, Deleuze, Guattari, Pèlbart, Rancière, Groys, Galard e Hall. The artistic practices, generated in a certain perspective, appear as alternatives to establish experimentations that allow the subjectivity production from heterogenesis. Therefore, this research is a contribution to interdisciplinary studies on arts, culture and health production interface.

The rising global temperatures are a consequence of the increasing concentrations of the greenhouse gases (GHG) in our atmosphere. This unprecedented yet steady increase in GHG concentrations has led to an increase in the incidence of adverse high-temperature weather phenomena. The aim of this study was to perform a detailed and systematic literature review to study the global dynamic between elevated ambient Page 28 2016 Appalachian Student Research Forum temperatures and heat-related mortality. The review also aimed at exploring the effect of pollutants as possible confounders, to identify vulnerable populations and to study population adaptations to heat that might mitigate heat-related mortality in urban settings. The review was performed exclusively on PubMed. Only epidemiological studies were selected. A time constraint ranging from 2009 to 2015 was applied to the review findings. Only peer-reviewed journals published in the English language were included. The following key terms were used for heat-related mortality associations - heat, high temperature and mortality. Additional keywords were used for the confounders, vulnerable populations and adaptations sections, such as “ozone”, “vulnerable subgroups” or “adaptations”. Studies reporting data on cold effects were excluded from the review. The search resulted in a total of 83 studies, which were included in the review based on the selection criteria. These studies were categorized and presented in four sections - heatmortality associations, effects of pollutants as confounders, vulnerable populations and adaptations. It was found that elevated ambient temperature was associated with high mortality. Additionally, risks of mortality were found to be higher for certain populations, particularly the elderly (65 years or older), infants and the socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. In conclusion, the heat-associated risks of mortality have increased with the escalating climate-change scenario. However, it is important to note that these risks are dependent on factors such as geographical location, socioeconomic status, age, and occupational status. Adaptations to heat are possible in the form of increased use of air-conditioning and promotion of “green” living spaces.

Twitter has become a popular channel for local governments to explore crisis communication during a hurricane. Local governments use Twitter to distribute crisis messages to the public, and are able to amplify or attenuate risk perception. Many factors attribute to individuals’ risk perception including control, choice, children, novelty, and risk-benefit tradeoff. The Social Amplification of Risk Framework (SARF) provides a guide to understanding the intensifying or weakening of these risk messages. While these crisis messages are directed to the general public, the local governments may be neglecting information for the vulnerable populations. In order to prepare for a hurricane, vulnerable populations need updates from local governments and emergency agencies before, during, and after the hurricane. Relationships among stages of a hurricane, tweet categories, and risk perception were explored. A sample of 1,043 tweets from six Twitter accounts of local governments in Florida were analyzed to provide insight into what type of messages local governments tweet and what risk perceptions local governments emphasize during the stages of Hurricane Irma. Using a Cross-tabulation analysis, researchers analyzed significant differences for stages of a hurricane, tweet categories, and risk perceptions. Findings for this study indicate that results were significant through each stage of the hurricane. Keywords: Twitter, Hurricane, Risk Factors, SARF, Vulnerable Populations