The Visibility of Gender Violence in Two Primary Care Facilities / "A visibilidade da violência de gênero em dois serviços de assistência primária à saude"

AUTOR(ES)

Luciane Loures dos Santos

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

RESUMO

In 1993, the United Nations considered domestic violence against women as a public health problem of high incidence that has adverse impact on women, their families, economy, justice, and social services. Domestic violence against women, whether physical, psychological, or sexual, cause severe effects on their health, particularly on their mental and reproductive health. The consequences of violence cause symptoms that make women repeatedly seek help in primary healthcare facilities. However, professionals do not feel apt to deal with these issues and healthcare facilities are not prepared to provide care, diagnose, and handle these cases they often receive. This study assesses the frequency of domestic violence against women, by reviewing the records of women seen in the year 2000 in two primary health care facilities, one that follows a traditional model of care and another one that adopts the Family Health Program (PSF). The prevalence of domestic violence was 3.8%, in both facilities, and no differences were found in the diagnosis of violence. This study describes the follow-up of those cases, as well as of those which presented alarm signs/symptoms for hidden violence; it also investigated the presence of associations between follow-up and the site of care, and between signs/symptoms, alarm situations for hidden violence and the recording of violence in the records. The study showed that there is an association between the recorded follow-up and the site of care, as well as between alarm situations and the presence of some alarm sign/symptom for hidden violence. It discusses the need to provide training to staff, as well as screening women with some symptom or alarm for domestic violence.

ASSUNTO(S)

programa de saúde da família family health program gênero gender domestic violence violência doméstica

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