Mulheres em situação de violência: entre rotas críticas e redes intersetoriais de atenção

Abstract

Rev Med (São Paulo

Violence against women: Perceptions of nursing students' about the focus on the formation

“…4 Resulting in the health engagement with human rights, the restoration of ethics in interpersonal relationships, integrated treatment, and political commitments that include greater gender and social equity. 8,10,11 According to the National Curriculum Guidelines (NCG) for Undergraduate Courses in Nursing in Brazil, curriculum should contribute to the training of professionals with skills and abilities to work with critically approach in the Brazilian Unified Health System (UHS), taking into account the context of life and the population's needs, ensuring the completeness of their actions and humanized care of individuals, families and comunities. 18 Therefore, the NCG already proposed that academics, as future professionals, are able to act on an expanded way being responsible for cultural, social and economic issues that may result in harm to physical and mental health, as is the case of violence against women.…”

“…This can be achieved through the training of teachers and professionals to contribute to an academic background based in the critics and reflection of these vulnerable situations. 19 It is important to reinforce the role of primary care, when we think in actions related to the VAW, with the emphasis in promotion and health prevention 8 as well as the possibility to bond with women and families through home visits, made possible by the FHSU and by the bigger women's access to this level of attention, mainly, by actions throughout the woman's life cycle and the link with the community, which leads to search for the primary health care service. 11 Another possibility of health professionals acting is during pregnancy and childbirth for women.…”

“…However, many professionals find it difficult to identify the history of violence and work with women, restricting its activities to the physical signs and symptoms. 7,8 The Health Area has pioneered the field to identify situations of violence, 9 as health professionals, especially nurses, perform the initial care to women in situations of violence. However, we question the preparation of these, to act in care services since care practice is hampered by the limited understanding of the professionals on the subject, or even ignorance to identify situations in its various forms, which often rather make invisible the question in the health field.…”

“…However, we question the preparation of these, to act in care services since care practice is hampered by the limited understanding of the professionals on the subject, or even ignorance to identify situations in its various forms, which often rather make invisible the question in the health field. 8,10,11 For Nursing, often, the work is limited to support, without institutional commitment to identify situations of violence and realize the needed demands. 9 This conduct is attributed to gaps in training, with regard to instrumentation for interpersonal relations, as well to integrality of care actions.…”

Social Support Networks for Women in Situations of Violence by an Intimate Partner

“…Social workers communicate with network members who can assist women in their search for emotional or financial independence, proposing actions to improve the living conditions of this population and encouraging the implementation of care projects. [11][12][13] The networks are important as a strategy to strengthen women in situations of violence. A network is the articulated set of services, and due to violence being a complex problem that manifests itself in multiple forms, requires a wide range of options for assistance.…”