[Primary healthcare and underreporting and (in)visibility of violence against women].
This study aimed to map indicators of violence against women as recorded by primary healthcare services in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, and to identify difficulties experienced by health professionals in reporting such violence. Epidemiological data on this type of notification were collected in the information system of the Municipal Health Department. Data were produced with a semi-structured questionnaire and three focus group sessions with participation by 270 primary care professionals. The data were submitted to content analysis and were coded, categorized, and discussed in light of a literature review. A central analytical axis was called (in)visibility of violence against women. The data revealed both the recognition of violence as a public health problem and the invisibility that prevents dealing with it properly. Notification of such violence is often viewed as a fuss or commotion, which hampers progress in discussing and acting on the problem.
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
Luciana
L
Kind
Maria de Lourdes Pereira
Mde L
Orsini
Valdênia
V
Nepomuceno
Letícia
L
Gonçalves
Gislaine Alves de
GA
Souza
Monique Fernanda Félix
MF
Ferreira
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires