Intra-family violence: health workers' practice in São Joaquim do Monte, Pernambuco, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Samico, Isabella²  Oliveira, Marluce Tavares de¹  Ishigami, Ana Beatriz Matos¹  Nascimento, Renata Maria Moura¹ 

[1] Universidade de Pernambuco;Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira

关键词: Intra-family violence;    Pregnancy;    Adolescence;    Health workers;    Risk factors;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2012000100015

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective ofthe study was to verify the association between assistance, referral and reportingof Intra-family Violence/ IFV against pregnant adolescents, and the socio-demographiccharacteristics of 84 professionals of the Family Health Program/FHP in theagreste region of Pernambuco. The study is part of a multicenter, crosssectional research, carried out from October 2008 to April 2009. A structuredquestionnaire related to the various types of violence (psychological, physicalor sexual) and validated for Brazil was used. Sociodemographic variables andprofessional experience in assisting cases of IFV were added to the instrument:identification of types, care, referral, and notification. The analysis of resultsshowed a large number of professionals that had never identified a case of violence(72%). Among the 23 who provided care to cases of violence, there was a majorityof psychological (86.9%), followed by physical (60.8%), and sexual (43.5%) cases.Only eight professionals (34.8%) referred the adolescents to the Tutelary Council,Police Office and/or Public Prosecutor's Office. The analysis of associationwith care and reporting found older age (p = 0.018; IC₉₅ 1.31 - 17.1)and having children (p = 0.039; IC₉₅ 0.04 - 17.1) as statisticallysignificant. On the other hand, a borderline association was found with workin an urban area and higher education. There was no association with sex, marriagestatus and years of work variables. The authors concluded that, despite the'invisibleness' of IFV, the analysis of actions developed at the FHP representedan approximation to this complex and multifaceted phenomenon and the possibilityof critical thinking on its different ways of social understanding.

【 授权许可】

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