"Violência doméstica: prevalência entre mulheres usuárias de um serviço de saúde de Ribeirão Preto-SP" / “Domestic Violence : prevalence against women users healther center of Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil.”

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

In Brazil the number of studies on domestic violence against women, perpetrated by the partner, is still scarce. In this country, as well as all over the world due to its consequences, this issue has been pointed as a public health problem. These consequences are not limited to physical, sexual and mental health but they reveal problems in the family dynamics and affect society as whole. This study aimed to verify the prevalence of domestic violence against women, perpetrated by the partner or another person. A questionnaire was administered in the women’s household. All respondents have between 18 and 49 years old and were users of a specific health center. The prevalence of violence perpetrated by the partner, once in life, was reported by 45,3% of women and it was denominated general violence; 41,5% of women reported psychological violence, 26.4% physical violence and 9.8% sexual violence. The study showed that the problem of domestic violence is associated with schooling, marital status, age at first sexual intercourse, socioeconomic data, if has children, number of pregnancy and abortions, a controller partner, besides some specific signs and symptoms. Those, already related to violence, are: repeated gynecological infection, depression, suicides thoughts. Comparing the prevalence of violence among users with medical records a large difference is found.. This corroborates to the of making the issue of violence against women more visible for health professional.

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gender violência doméstica gênero domestic violence

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