title: Conjugal violence in the perspective of "Family Health Strategy" professionals: a public health problem and the need to provide care for the women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to construct a theoretical matrix based on the meanings of the interactions and actions experienced by the professionals regarding the nursing care practices and the health of women in situations of conjugal violence in the ambit of the Family Health Strategy.
  
  
  METHODS
  research based in Grounded Theory. Following approval by the Research Ethics Committee, 52 professionals were interviewed in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The analysis was based on open, axial and selective codifications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the theoretical model was delimited based on the phenomenon "Recognizing conjugal violence as a public health problem, and the need for management of the care for the woman", which reflects the experience of the professionals in relation to care for the woman, as well as the meanings attributed to this care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the phenomenon allows one to understand the movement of action and interaction regarding the care for the woman in a situation of conjugal violence.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Escola de Enfermagem, SalvadorBA, Brazil, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil. Scholarship holder from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB).
authors.forename: Nadirlene Pereira
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem, FlorianópolisSC, Brazil, PhD, Full Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alacoque Lorenzini
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Erdmann
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011634:Public Health; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000628:therapy; D014932:Women's Health Services