Violence against women in the context of social vulnerability in primary health care: logging of violence in medical records

• Autor(a) principal: Borburema, Telma Libna Rodrigues
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Pacheco, Alice Pinto, Nunes, Anelise Alves, Moré, Carmen Leontina Ojeda Ocampo, Krenkel, Scheila
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/1460
• topic: Violence Against Women. Social Vulnerability. Primary Health Care. Health Records; Personal.; Objetivo; Investigar el informe de los tipos de violencia que sufren y los procedimientos adoptados; incluyendo la notificación; por profesionales de la salud; con base en la situación de violencia reportada por mujeres en contexto de vulnerabilidad socia; Violência contra a Mulher. Vulnerabilidade Social. Atenção Primária à Saúde. Registros de Saúde Pessoal.; Violência contra a mulher; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Registros Médicos

Objectives: To investigate the records of the types of violence suffered and the measures taken by health professionals, including notifications, when reports of violence by women in a socially vulnerable context are met in primary health care. Method: Quantitative, transversal, descriptive and observational study by examining medical records, considering all the records held until the last day of the year of 2015, women over 18 years old residing in areas near two health facilities, considered of social vulnerability. Results: The final sample was of 769 medical records, being that 3.77% were reports of violence suffered. Of those, 45% were of the physical type, followed by 24%, which were psychological; the main aggressor was the intimate partner (41%); 58% of reports were logged by doctors in primary health care. Some measures were taken for 89% of cases (medication, referral or return). Only 7% of the cases were notified. Conclusions: The data from this study suggest that there may be under-registration of violence in areas of social vulnerability in Florianopolis, in view of the few logged and reported cases in a set of 729 medical records. It was observed that it may relate to the lack of or low sensitizing and training of professionals to identify situations of violence, as well as register, notify and continue monitoring the people who live in this situation. Therefore, it is necessary to disseminate and train health professionals to detect, record, notify and follow-up situations of violence.