Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence
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Resumo: | OBJECTIVE: To estimate the lifetime prevalence of physical marital violence among women from a low-income urban community and to investigate help-seeking behavior among victims. METHODS: This is the Brazilian pilot cross-sectional study for an international multicenter study conducted in 1999, and is based on a probabilistic cluster sample from the municipality of Embu, São Paulo State. We considered as eligible women aged 15 to 49 years, living with children under age 18 years, who had lived with a husband or partner in lifetime. Information was collected using standardized questionnaires (n=86), administered by trained interviewers. We investigated three types of physical violence: severe (kicking, hitting with fist, beating, and/or use/threat to use weapon), non-severe (slapping in the absence of severe violence), and any type (severe and/or non-severe and/or other physical aggressions spontaneously referred), as well as the type of help sought by the victim (from people or institutions). We calculated frequency and 95% confidence intervals for each type of violence. RESULTS: Subjects reported slapping (32.6%), hitting with fist (17.5%), beating (15,2%), use/threat to use weapon (13.9%), and kicking (10.6%). Prevalence of marital violence was high: 22.1% (13.3-30.9) for severe violence, 10.5% (4.0-17.0) for non-severe violence, and 33.7% (32.7-34.7) for any type of violence. Victims of severe violence were more likely to seek help from the police (36.8%) or from traditional healers (21.1%) than from health care facilities (5.3%), despite the availability of these services in the area. CONCLUSIONS: Physical marital violence is frequent and severe among the population studied, and help was sought preferentially from the police or traditional healers rather than from health care services. |
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Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence Prevalência e procura de ajuda na violência conjugal física ao longo da vida Violência domésticaMaus-tratos conjugaisMulheres maltratadasPrevalênciaEstudos transversaisServiços de saúde para mulheresApoio socialDomestic violenceSpouse abuseBattered womenPrevalenceCross-sectional studiesWomen's health servicesSocial support OBJECTIVE: To estimate the lifetime prevalence of physical marital violence among women from a low-income urban community and to investigate help-seeking behavior among victims. METHODS: This is the Brazilian pilot cross-sectional study for an international multicenter study conducted in 1999, and is based on a probabilistic cluster sample from the municipality of Embu, São Paulo State. We considered as eligible women aged 15 to 49 years, living with children under age 18 years, who had lived with a husband or partner in lifetime. Information was collected using standardized questionnaires (n=86), administered by trained interviewers. We investigated three types of physical violence: severe (kicking, hitting with fist, beating, and/or use/threat to use weapon), non-severe (slapping in the absence of severe violence), and any type (severe and/or non-severe and/or other physical aggressions spontaneously referred), as well as the type of help sought by the victim (from people or institutions). We calculated frequency and 95% confidence intervals for each type of violence. RESULTS: Subjects reported slapping (32.6%), hitting with fist (17.5%), beating (15,2%), use/threat to use weapon (13.9%), and kicking (10.6%). Prevalence of marital violence was high: 22.1% (13.3-30.9) for severe violence, 10.5% (4.0-17.0) for non-severe violence, and 33.7% (32.7-34.7) for any type of violence. Victims of severe violence were more likely to seek help from the police (36.8%) or from traditional healers (21.1%) than from health care facilities (5.3%), despite the availability of these services in the area. CONCLUSIONS: Physical marital violence is frequent and severe among the population studied, and help was sought preferentially from the police or traditional healers rather than from health care services. OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência de violência conjugal física ao longo da vida em mulheres de comunidade urbana de baixa renda e identificar os tipos de ajuda procurados pelas vítimas. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de estudo-piloto brasileiro de corte transversal, vinculado a projeto multicêntrico internacional conduzido em 1999, com amostra probabilística de conglomerados no município de Embu, Estado de São Paulo. Foram considerados elegíveis os domicílios com mulheres de 15 a 49 anos, que residissem com filho/filha Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública2006-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/3202910.1590/S0034-89102006000200011Revista de Saúde Pública; Vol. 40 No. 2 (2006); 256-264 Revista de Saúde Pública; Vol. 40 Núm. 2 (2006); 256-264 Revista de Saúde Pública; v. 40 n. 2 (2006); 256-264 1518-87870034-8910reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPporenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/32029/34064https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/32029/34065Copyright (c) 2017 Revista de Saúde Públicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBruschi, AlessandraPaula, Cristiane Silvestre deBordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos2012-07-08T23:00:37Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/32029Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/indexONGhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/oairevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2012-07-08T23:00:37Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false |
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Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence Prevalência e procura de ajuda na violência conjugal física ao longo da vida |
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Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence |
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Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence Bruschi, Alessandra Violência doméstica Maus-tratos conjugais Mulheres maltratadas Prevalência Estudos transversais Serviços de saúde para mulheres Apoio social Domestic violence Spouse abuse Battered women Prevalence Cross-sectional studies Women's health services Social support |
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Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence |
title_full |
Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence |
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Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence |
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Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence |
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Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence |
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Bruschi, Alessandra |
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Bruschi, Alessandra Paula, Cristiane Silvestre de Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos |
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Paula, Cristiane Silvestre de Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos |
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Bruschi, Alessandra Paula, Cristiane Silvestre de Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos |
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Violência doméstica Maus-tratos conjugais Mulheres maltratadas Prevalência Estudos transversais Serviços de saúde para mulheres Apoio social Domestic violence Spouse abuse Battered women Prevalence Cross-sectional studies Women's health services Social support |
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Violência doméstica Maus-tratos conjugais Mulheres maltratadas Prevalência Estudos transversais Serviços de saúde para mulheres Apoio social Domestic violence Spouse abuse Battered women Prevalence Cross-sectional studies Women's health services Social support |
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the lifetime prevalence of physical marital violence among women from a low-income urban community and to investigate help-seeking behavior among victims. METHODS: This is the Brazilian pilot cross-sectional study for an international multicenter study conducted in 1999, and is based on a probabilistic cluster sample from the municipality of Embu, São Paulo State. We considered as eligible women aged 15 to 49 years, living with children under age 18 years, who had lived with a husband or partner in lifetime. Information was collected using standardized questionnaires (n=86), administered by trained interviewers. We investigated three types of physical violence: severe (kicking, hitting with fist, beating, and/or use/threat to use weapon), non-severe (slapping in the absence of severe violence), and any type (severe and/or non-severe and/or other physical aggressions spontaneously referred), as well as the type of help sought by the victim (from people or institutions). We calculated frequency and 95% confidence intervals for each type of violence. RESULTS: Subjects reported slapping (32.6%), hitting with fist (17.5%), beating (15,2%), use/threat to use weapon (13.9%), and kicking (10.6%). Prevalence of marital violence was high: 22.1% (13.3-30.9) for severe violence, 10.5% (4.0-17.0) for non-severe violence, and 33.7% (32.7-34.7) for any type of violence. Victims of severe violence were more likely to seek help from the police (36.8%) or from traditional healers (21.1%) than from health care facilities (5.3%), despite the availability of these services in the area. CONCLUSIONS: Physical marital violence is frequent and severe among the population studied, and help was sought preferentially from the police or traditional healers rather than from health care services. |
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