Mulheres cuidando de mulheres: um estudo sobre a Casa de Apoio Viva Maria, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Meneghel, Stela Nazareth
• Data de Publicação: 2000
• Outros Autores: Camargo, Marcia, Fasolo, Lúcia R., Mattiello, Dioga Ana, Silva, Renata C. R. da, Santos, Teresa Cristina Bruel, Dagord, Ana Lúcia, Reck, Adriana, Zanetti, Luciana, Sottili, Márcia, Teixeira, Maria Angela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/1386
• topic: Violência Doméstica; Mulheres Maltratadas; Maus Tratos Conjugais; Saúde da Mulher

This research was conducted in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, with a sample of battered women selected from a government shelter called the "Casa Viva Maria". We analyzed data on 110 women staying at the shelter during the previous two years (January 1996-June 1998). The profile of the women was as follows: abused women were young (mean age 29 years), all had low socioeconomic status, 12% were illiterate, 21% were black, 80% reported frequent abuse by their partners, and 18% had returned to violent homes. The researchers visited 34 former lodgers from the shelter and invited them to participate in a series of evaluation workshops. A total of 118 persons, including mothers and children, attended three evaluation meetings. During this process, researchers encouraged participants to express opinions, perceptions, and feelings about their past experience in the shelter and their own concept of violence. Finally, a focal group was organized with the "Viva Maria" staff members. Female workers reported how their job had been helpful for their personal development and had helped change their own lives.