Socio-demographic and epidemiological profile of sexual violence against women in Teresina/Piauí

• Autor(a) principal: Araujo, Rosângela Pereira de
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Sousa, Fabrícia Miranda da Silva, Feitosa, Verbênia Cipriano, Coêlho, Danieli Maria Matias, Sousa, Maria de Fatima Almeida e
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/14519
• topic: Epidemiology profile; Women's health; Sexual violence; Domestic violence.; Perfil epidemiológico; Salud de la mujer; Violencia sexual; Violencia doméstica; Epidemiologia; Saúde da mulher; Violência contra mulher; Violência sexual.; Epidemiologia; Saúde da mulher; Violência contra mulher; Violência sexual.

Doi: 10.5902/2179769214519Sexual violence is considered a violation of human rights, becoming a public health problem. Objective: to characterize women victims of sexual violence according to socio-demographic and epidemiological aspects. Method: quantitative retrospective study conducted in the Department of Care of Women Victims of Sexual Violence, in Piauí. The study investigated 74 records of diagnosis of sexual violence between 2013 and 2014. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences software, version 20.0, was used to calculate the descriptive statistics appropriate to the variables of the study. Results: the study showed prevalence in the age group between 18 and 27 years old, most of them were pardo and had completed elementary school, predominantly single and with low-income. Conclusion: the results indicate that sexual violence has several facets, not distinguishing ethnicity, social class or age, and requiring, thus, the planning of more complex and effective actions in the health and social context.