CHARACTERISTICS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMAN IN A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WOMEN IN CARTAGENA DE INDIAS-COLOMBIA

Revista Ciencias Biomédicas

Guerrero-Paredes Vanesa¹  Rivera-Vergara Gina¹  Álvarez-Quintero Karina¹  Anaya-Barrios Ella¹  Rodríguez-Ríos Marta¹  Ramos-Valencia Irling¹  Polo-Payares Esther²  Colón-Iriarte Candelaria² 

[1] Enfermera. Coinvestigadora;Enfermera. Magíster en estudios de género. Docente. Facultad de Enfermería. Universidad de Cartagena. Colombia.;

关键词: socioeconomic status;    education level;    political ideology;    ethnicity or nationality. Objective: to determine the point prevalence of violence against women in a group of residents women in Cartagena de Indias-Colombia. Methods: a descriptive study was carried out in 660 women who were the reference in a group of 173.439 woman between 21 and 50 years old who live in urban areas in Cartagena de Indias-Colombia. The population was checked with social inclusion criteria;    was applied with a random cluster sampling in 137 neighborhoods with two components: 15 questions about sociodemographic information and a questionnaire about violence against woman taken from Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud (ENDS-2005) which has 30 questions Results: between 660 woman 71.2% (470) of them were victims of violence against woman. Among them the average of age was 34.2 years old. The 58.3% were housewives and 75.7% lived in poor social strata;    the 85.6% had experienced physical violence and the 17.7% sexual violence;    where main aggressor was the companion. Most of the cases occurred in private space;    the 12.3% of the victims never reported. Conclusions: in the residents women group evaluated in Cartagena de Indias-Colombia the violence against woman was highly prevalent;    Violence against women;    Wounds and injuries;    Culture aspects;    Family relationships;   

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