title: [Improvement courses about violence prevention: the impact on health sector professionals].
abstract: Uncontrolled intervention study that compared the effectiveness of two elective courses on Prevention and Assistance to violence victims for students and professionals of the Health Sector. The participants answered multiple-choice questions on the topic before and after the course. Statistical analyzes were performed by comparison of two proportions on STATA/IC. Regarding the overall index of correct answers,before and after, it was 54.8 and 58.4% in the 10h Course and the 69.6 and 79.2% in the 30h Course. The most effective course was the 30h Course, with strategies of case discussions and visits to assistance services to violence victims. There is a great necessity to include the discipline in the curriculum of healthcare courses permanently.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, stephaniepeee@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucila Amaral Carneiro
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Vianna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult