Lesiones por violencia doméstica en la Comunidad Valenciana

Abstract

The lack of homogeneous and reliable epidemiological data on domestic violence greatly limits public decision making on the help that should be provided to victims of this form of abuse. Health professionals are obliged to report cases of domestic violence in adults to the judicial authorities and a unified, easily completed model for reporting injuries from domestic violence has been established in the Autonomous Community of Valencia. From June to October 2005, 500 cases of domestic violence were received and processed, most of which were reported by primary care physicians (68%). Cases of domestic violence occurred mainly in young women (aged, 20-39 years), either married or cohabiting, and with primary or secondary level education. The most frequent findings were physical injury or psychological damage (62%). Eighty-three percent of victims had at least one antecedent of abuse.

Violence Reported by the Immigrant Population Is High as Compared With the Native Population in Southeast Spain

“…Despite the above limitations, this study can claim to have made important contributions. To our knowledge, it is the first in Spain to report data on prevalence of violence in both sexes, in a representative sample of the native and immigrant populations, because until now analyses published on violence in Spain have concentrated exclusively on the female gender (Aguar-Fernández, Delgado-Sánchez, Castellano-Arroyo, & Luna del Castillo, 2006; Escribá-Agüir et al, 2006; Plazaola-Castaño, Ruiz-Pérez, Escribá-Agüir, Montero-Pinar, & Cases, 2011; Ruiz-Pérez, Blanco-Prieto, & Vives-Cases, 2004; Ruiz-Pérez et al, 2006a, 2006b, 2006c, 2010; Vives-Cases et al, 2009a, 2009b). Likewise, our study shows results broken down by group of origin, an aspect of interest in view of the fact that culture has a widely varying influence on the incidence of abuse (Samsó et al, 2007), whereas most of the studies (Samsó et al, 2007; Vives-Cases et al, 2009a, 2009b) address and investigate violence among immigrants as a uniform group, without paying attention to the social, cultural, historical, and political heterogeneity of each group.…”

“…In Spain, prevention of violence in general and of IPV in particular is approached from different standpoints, including informing/educating the public; placing health staff under a duty to notify reported/suspected aggression to the authorities when attending to end users of the country’s public, universal health system (Escribá-Agüir et al, 2006); passing purpose-designed legislation; and informing/raising awareness about the Spanish legal system. Since 2004, specific health laws and programs have been introduced to promote equality between the sexes, with this being one of the government’s innovative policies (LO 1/2004, 2004; Ministry of Equality, 2009).…”

“…Interpersonal violence is a public health problem owing to its repercussions on the physical, sexual, reproductive, and mental health of victims (Krug, Dahlberg, Mercy, Zwi, & Lozano, 2003). Factors such as young age, low educational level, financial insecurity, deficient social support, and discrimination, more frequently found among immigrants, have been associated with a greater likelihood of suffering violence (Escribá-Agüir, Barona-Vilar, Calvo-Mas, Carpio-Gesta, & Fullana-Montoro, 2006; Llácer et al, 2009; Ruiz-Pérez, Plazaola-Castaño, & del Río-Lozano, 2006c; Vives-Cases et al, 2009a, 2009b).…”

Intimate Partner Violence and Its Associated Factors in a Sample of Colombian Immigrant Population in Spain

“…Factors such as a young age, lower educational level, economic constraints, lack of social support, a poor self-perceived health, and discrimination, all frequent conditions among immigrants, have been associated to the prevalence of violence [8,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In addition, immigrants do not form a homogenous group, and factors such ethnic, country of origin, legal status and time of residence, may also influence IPV [17][18][19].…”

La violencia de género: evolución, impacto y claves para su abordaje

“…Las mujeres víctimas de violencia acuden más a los servicios sanitarios que las demás y tiene peor estado de salud (23)(24) con niveles elevados de estrés y problemas psicológicos, síntomas concomitantes y mayor uso de antidepresivos (23,25,26) . Diversas investigaciones también muestran que las mujeres sometidas a violencia no sólo acuden más a los servicios sanitarios, sino que se someten más a cirugía, prolongan más su estancia hospitalaria y consumen más fármacos (8) , además de desarrollar más problemas cardíacos y dolores musculo-esqueléticos en el cuello y en la espalda y otras manifestaciones sistémicas (27)(28)(29) .…”