Evidence of health care offered to women in situations of violence

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the scientific evidence of enhancing and limiting factors of the care rendered to women in situation of violence. Methods: integrative review developed in Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences database and Public Medline database. The corpus of the research included thirty studies. Results: the factors that enhance attention are related to services organization, conceptions and actions of professionals guided by strategies of communication and identification of violence. The limitating factores are conceptions of professionals grounded in traditional roles of genders, lack of training, protocols for the care and registration of cases, attitudes based on personal style and assistance focused in physical symptoms. Conclusion: the evidence points to the realization of screening and creation of protocols of assistance permeated by listening and guidelines directed to women ensuring the continuity of care network. There is a pressing need for investment in vocational training to provide of visibility to the theme in the health context.

Temporal trend of the homicide rate of Brazilian women

“…Thus, it is necessary to intensify the number of shelters and women service stations, given that in 2012, Brazil had only 348 of these points of attention: 220 Reference Centers for Women's Care, 122 Support Centers in Police Stations common and only 72 shelters for more than 5,000 municipalities (18) . In addition, it is important to train health professionals, who have provided care based on traditional gender roles and assistance, focused on physical symptoms (19) , and on the judiciary and police officers, to better accommo-date victims, as well as comply with protection and punishment provided for by the Maria da Penha Law, thus providing a wide discussion on gender inequalities in our society, especially in the school environment, from pre-school to the university environment.…”