Sexual violence against women is a form of gender violence and both a severe human rights violation and public health problem. This ecological, descriptive, and temporal series study aims to analyze sexual violence against pre-adolescent, adolescent, and adult females in Santa Catarina State, Brazil, based on data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases, in order to describe the characteristics of cases of sexual violence perpetrated against women, reported by health professionals from 2008 a 2013. A total of 15,508 cases of violence were reported, including 2,010 cases of sexual violence (12.9%). Cases of violence totaled 950 reports in the 10 to 14 year bracket (47.3%), 450 in the 15 to 19 year bracket (22.4%), and 610 (30.3%) in women 20 years or older (adults). Adolescent females suffered violence by a single aggressor, at home, at night, with vaginal penetration, and with greater tendency to repeated assault and pregnancy as a result. For females 10 to 14 and 15 to 19 years of age, the aggressors were unknown in 32.9% and 33.1% of the reports, respectively. Adult women were sexually assaulted either at home or on public byways, at night or in the early morning hours, by a single aggressor, with vaginal penetration in more than half of the cases, with more physical injuries, and with more subsequent suicide attempts. The information should contribute to awareness-raising of policymakers, health professionals, researchers, and health field professors concerning the importance of reporting violence in order to help develop interventions to prevent such violence against women.

the results presented point out the usefulness of Sinan as a source of information for the surveillance of sexual violence against women and for planning actions to tackle this type of aggression.

Investigou-se a associação entre sexo e violência física entre parceiros íntimos. Encontrou-se prevalência de sofrer qualquer violência física (17%), violência física moderada (16,6%) e violência física grave (7,3%). Não houve diferença significativa para violência física moderada em homens e mulheres, porém, quanto mais grave o ato maior a ocorrência deste nas mulheres. Por meio de regressão logística testou-se a associação da violência com o sexo, ajustando-se às variáveis exploratórias. Mulheres de maior idade, viúvas/separadas, pobres, menos escolarizadas e pretas registram maior probabilidade de sofrer violência. Nos homens, a prevalência de violência física grave apresentou alteração significativa apenas para estado civil. Uso abusivo de álcool por mulheres representou maior chance de sofrer violência física.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of violence among the elderly and to analyze its association with demographic, socioeconomic and health conditions. Method: A cross sectional population-based study was conducted of 1,705 individuals aged 60 years or older living in the city of Florianópolis in the state of Santa Catarina, between 2009 to 2010. Verbal, psychological, physical and financial violence was evaluated with a questionnaire used in the Pesquisa Saúde Bem-estar e Envelhecimento (Health and Wellbeing in Aging Survey) (SABE). Prevalence was calculated for each type of violence and the overall prevalence of violence was identified using the categories of the explanatory variables. Logistic regression was used to identify the factors associated with violence. Results: The general prevalence of violence was approximately 13.0%, while verbal violence occurred among 11.0% of respondents. The adjusted analysis showed that being female (OR=2.08) and elderly persons who were single or divorced were 66% more likely to suffer violence. Those who lived with their children or grandchildren were twice as likely to suffer violence (95% CI: 1:40 to 3:40). Conclusions: Although the results showed that the prevalence of violence against the elderly was greater than predicted by the WHO, we suspect that this number may be even higher. Due to the complexity of the theme, it is possible that elderly persons are afraid to reveal that they are victims of violence, as in most cases, the aggressors are family members.Keywords: elderly; violence; domestic violence; abuse of the elderly; violence against the elderly; cross-sectional studies.http://dx

OBJECTIVE To describe the sample plan, operational aspects, and strategies used in the 2009/2010 and 2013/2014 EpiFloripa Aging Study.METHODS The EpiFloripa Aging is a population-based longitudinal study with 1,705 older adults (60 years or more) living in the municipality of Florianópolis, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2009/2010 (baseline). The research was conducted with a face-to-face interviews, organized into blocks of identification, socioeconomic, mental health, health and life habits, global functionality, falls, physical activity, morbidities, use of health services, use of medications, food, oral health, and violence, evaluated in the first (2009/2010) and in the second wave (2013/2014). Additionally, in the second wave, we investigated the issue of discrimination and quality of life.RESULTS The response rate of the first wave was 89.2% (n = 1,705). The baseline sample, with predominance of women (63.9%), was similar to the 2010 Census regarding age for women and slightly different for younger men. In the second wave, 1,197 participants were interviewed (response rate of 70.3%). Follow-up losses were only observed for the variable age group (p = 0.003), and predominantly for those aged 80 years or more. Mortality data linkage and active search for participants were used as a follow-up strategies.CONCLUSIONS This study used strategies that were able to help locate the participants and maintain adherence, which ensured a good response rate during investigations.

Resumo O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar a violência por parceiro íntimo a partir das concepções de simetria e assimetria de gênero. Foram selecionadas para análise 79 publicações, com maior predominância entre os anos de 2006 a 2014 (78,5%). As áreas de revistas que abordaram o tema foram a psicologia (32,9%), seguida pela saúde pública (27,9%) e enfermagem (27,6%). Dos pesquisadores, 46,8% trabalham com o discurso da linha teórica feminista, cuja abordagem de gênero é considerada assimétrica. Produzem em sua maioria pesquisas qualitativas com amostra composta apenas de mulheres (81,1%), enquanto que 78,3% coletaram os dados a partir dos serviços de apoio à vítima de violência. Quando se observam as características dos estudos realizados por pesquisadores da linha teórica dos sociólogos da família que defendem a simetria de gêneros (25,3%), as abordagens qualitativas e quantitativas foram utilizadas em semelhantes proporções. A violência bidirecional foi apontada em 80% destas pesquisas. Constatamos forte liderança da linha teórica feminista nos discursos dos pesquisadores. Destaca-se a importância da discussão dos dados com diversos referenciais teóricos, pois a análise isolada, por qualquer que seja a área, corre o risco de ser tendenciosa e, assim, fragilizar os resultados.

Resumo Objetivo Avaliar a completitude, consistência e duplicidade de registros de violência sexual infantil no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan) em Santa Catarina, Brasil, no período de 2009 a 2019. Métodos Estudo transversal descritivo e analítico, para avaliar a qualidade dos dados do Sinan quanto à completitude, consistência e não duplicidade. Resultados Foram notificados 3.489 casos de violência, observando-se aumento de 662,5% no número de notificações no período estudado, tendo o aumento do número de centros de referência ao atendimento das pessoas em situação de violência sexual no estado, explicado 46,7% da variação no número de casos, entre os anos estudados. A consistência foi excelente em 90,0% dos registros; e a completitude, entre excelente e boa em 92,3% deles. Para 14 variáveis, observou-se tendência de aumento da completitude no período. Não houve registro de duplicidades. Conclusão Os dados do sistema de vigilância da violência sexual contra crianças foram considerados adequados nos quesitos avaliados.

This report aims to describe the experience of tutoring process in distance learning of the Multidisciplinary Specialization Course in Primary Care in Brazil, in the states of Santa Catarina and Paraná. Course participants were physicians, dentists and nurses included in the "Program for the Valorization of Primary Health Care" and the "More Doctors Program in Brazil", a total of 1 600 professionals. The course was structured from three theoretical axes and pedagogical mediation conducted by a team of tutoring. . It was adopted problematization methodology, developed from a critical view of reality in the teaching and learning process. The tutors worked in pedagogical orientation, supporting use of media and technology and evaluation of educational activities in the course. The students evaluated positively the didactic and the course design and performance of the tutors. One hopes that this experience can be seen as a possibility to boost other experiences in health education.