[The services for women victims of sexual violence: a qualitative study].
OBJECTIVE
To assess public services attending female victims of sexual violence in the city of Sao Paulo.


METHODS
This is a qualitative study conducted in two public services attending female victims of sexual violence. Interviews with 42 women were conducted, 13 of whom had sought these services for assistance and 29 were professionals working in these services. Evaluation of the services was based on the categories: reception, access, resolvability and sanitary responsibility.


RESULTS
The analysis of the interviews per category has shown that there was reception in both services, problems with respect to access due to the lack of information concerning these services, and quality resolvability with a multi-professional team. As to the sanitary responsibility, it is present in these specialized services but is deficient in the emergency services and basic health care units. Many women are unaware of the rights they are entitled to with respect to specialized services. Frequently their late arrival compromises the efficacy of care. There are deficiencies both in terms of reference and counter reference.


CONCLUSIONS
The results ratify the importance of these services and the need for their decentralized expansion. Health courses should introduce the theme of sexual violence at the undergraduate level.
Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. leomeniucucci@uol.com.br
Eleonora Menicucci
EM
de Oliveira
Rosana Machin
RM
Barbosa
Alexandre Aníbal Valverde M
AA
de Moura
Karen
K
von Kossel
Karina
K
Morelli
Luciane Francisca Fernandes
LF
Botelho
Maristela
M
Stoianov
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017150:Public Sector; D012742:Sex Offenses; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*