OBJECTIVES: to determine how Family Health Strategy professionals recognize and deal with domestic violence in pregnant women. METHOD: qualitative study based on the Theory of Praxis Intervention in Collective Health Nursing (TIPESC). Fourteen professionals at a Basic Health Unit in the east side of Sao Paulo/Brazil were interviewed. Empirical data were categorized and discussed in thematic groups. For data ana...
Epidemiological statistics confirm that 60% of pregnant women were victims of intimate partner violence during marriage and 20% of them suffered severe physical and psychological violence during pregnancy (DURANT, 2006). This study is part of a larger project entitled “Study of domestic violence against pregnant adolescents in a health primary care service in East Zone of São Paulo City: Basis for intervention”...
Domestic violence is a serious public health problem, since it directly affects physical and psychological integrity of the victims (Carvalho-Barreto et al, 2009). This study is part of a larger project entitled “Study of domestic violence against pregnant teenagers atended at the University Hospital of São Paulo: bases for intervention/ CNPq” (Salcedo-Barrientos, 2013). This is a prospective, descriptive and e...