Limitations and possibilities on health assessment to women in violence situation

Cortes, Laura Ferreira; Padoin, Stela Maris de Mello; Paula, Cristiane Cardoso de; Vieira, Letícia Becker; Landerdahl, Maria Celeste; Silva, Ethel Bastos da

doi:10.4236/health.2013.57a4007

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“…Knowing the services enables comprehensiveness through appropriate referrals related to women's needs (27)(28) . About communication, this is fundamental for the articulation of the network, which needs, besides the dialogue between services, communication and interaction among professionals (13) .…”

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“…Studies indicate weaknesses in the intersectoral network, such as disarticulation of services and lack of knowledge of the network (6)(7) ; need for the network to be built and strengthened (8)(9) ; absence of protocols (10) ; instrumentalization of the incipient professional (11)(12) ; network access difficulty (9) . When the intersectoral network is organized and articulated, it is a potential for care (8,13) .…”

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Women in situations of sexual violence: potentialities and weaknesses of the intersectoral network

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Objectives: to identify potentialities and weaknesses of the intersectoral network for women in situations of sexual violence, from the perspective of Intervention Bioethics and the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. Methods: qualitative study conducted with multidisciplinary team members who work in intersectoral care services for women subject to sexual violence. It was held in a municipality in southern Brazil. An intentional sample, totaling 30 professionals. Semi-structured interview was used from January to April 2016. Interviews were analyzed by Thematic Analysis. Results: two categories emerged: potentialities and weaknesses related to the intersectoral network. Potentialities confirm the importance of the articulated intersectoral network; weaknesses such as lack of organized flow and disarticulation of services result in women revictimization and care fragmentation. Final Considerations: it is necessary to articulate services and qualify professionals. The Intervention Bioethics and the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights foster discussions that contribute to how to organize and sustain the intersectoral network.

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Women in situations of sexual violence: potentialities and weaknesses of the intersectoral network

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Socio-demographic determinants of intimate partner violence in Angola: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative survey data

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a global problem of public health importance, which can be found across all social layers and cultural backgrounds worldwide. Angola is still an under-explored country in the context of domestic violence and was therefore chosen as our focus of interest. Our study’s goal was to identify the socio-demographic determinants of IPV in Angola. We used nationally representative data from female respondents of the 2015 Angolan Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Simple bivariate and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to assess the relationship between the experience of IPV and the women’s’ individual and contextual characteristics. Out of the 7,699 respondents, 3,070 (41.1%) reported having experienced at least one form of violence by their partners, with physical violence being more prevalent (32.5%) than emotional (27.7%) and sexual violence (7.2%). The partner’s use of alcohol, the respondent’s tendency to hurt her partner, her having witnessed her father beating her mother and being the first wife showed significantly higher odds of experiencing one or more types of IPV, whereas being older than the partner appears to have protective effects. Our findings reflect the widespread prevalence rates of violence against women in African countries. Future intervention programs should focus on women with risky background characteristics to help decrease domestic abuse in Angola. Our results indicate to focus on young women who have witnessed domestic violence in childhood, those whose partners use alcohol and those who tend to physically hurt their partners themselves. It is also recommended to intensify future research on the effects of co-wives on a relationship since first wives were found to have a higher risk of being physically abused by their partners.

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Limitations and possibilities on health assessment to women in violence situation

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Women in situations of sexual violence: potentialities and weaknesses of the intersectoral network

Women in situations of sexual violence: potentialities and weaknesses of the intersectoral network

Socio-demographic determinants of intimate partner violence in Angola: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative survey data

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