title: [The role of the health professionals in cases of domestic violence: the report of an experience].
abstract: It is a report on an experience - a volunteer apprenticeship carried out at Viva Maria Passage Home located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This study aimed at learning about the domestic violence issue, identifying the role of the health professionals in the care to women who are victims of violence and performing activities with the dwellers and their children. Such activities comprised workshops on health education. The clientele involved women and their children who lived in the passage home between August and December 2001. The mentioned experience evidences the possibility of breaking up the violence chain that links people who is submitted to it.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Assistência e Orientação Profissional da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). deiselis@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Deise Lisboa
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Riquinho
authors.forename: Sandra Gomes
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Correia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration; D012380:Role; D012449:Safety