Domestic violence against woman: a study on perinatal mothers assisted in a philantropic maternity / Violência doméstica contra a mulher: estudo com puérperas atendidas em uma maternidade filantrópica

AUTOR(ES)

Marcia Massumi Okada

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

Domestic violence against woman is spread worldwide. However its characteristics vary according to personal, family, marital, social and cultural aspects involved. This transversal, hospital-based study aimed at determining the occurrence of domestic violence against women and at analyzing its relation with some aspects of familial environment and relationship with the women´s partners. Data collection was carried out using a structured interview form, based on the content of the "Abuse Assessment Screen" (AAS) applied to 385 women assisted at a philanthropic maternity in the city of São Paulo. Study data analysis was performed using the "R" Software version 2.1.1 for Linux, and the statistical multi-variate analysis was performed by Pearson´s Qui-square and Fisher´s Exact tests. As many as 36,8% of the participants reported being subject to domestic violence, whether psychological, physical or sexual, sometime in her lifetime- 97.2%, 28.9% and 4.9%, respectively. As many as 34.5% of women comprising the study group reported being charged psychologically (95.9%), physically (34.7%) and sexually (6.1%) during pregnancy. There was a statistically significant association between religious belief and non-planned pregnancy, and between domestic violence and alcohol drinking on the part of the partner (p=0.00223/0.001767 and p=0.0002533/0.0002981, respectively). Reports on, religious belief, pregnancy planning and alcohol consumption should be included in the records of a woman during pre-natal and delivery care and need to be approached in a systematic way by health professionals

ASSUNTO(S)

domestic violence religion religião women´s health service gravidez men homens pregnancy serviços de saúde da mulher mulheres violência doméstica women

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