title: [Intimate partner violence against pregnant women: the environment according to Levine's nursing theory].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analyzing the elements that compose the environment of pregnant women who have experienced intimate partner violence in the light of Levine's Nursing Theory.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative, descriptive study conducted from September to January 2012, with nine pregnant women in a Municipal Health Center in Rio de Janeiro. The interviews were semi-structured and individual. The theoretical framework was based on Levine's Nursing Theory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thematic analysis evidenced the elements that composed the external environment, such as violence perpetrated by intimate partners before and during pregnancy, violence in childhood and adolescence, alcohol consumption and drug use by the partner, unemployment, low education and economic dependency, which affected health and posed risks to the pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Violence perpetrated by an intimate partner was the main external factor that influenced the internal environment with repercussions on health. This theory represents a tool in nursing care which will aid in detecting cases and the fight against violence.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Selma Villas Boas
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida Vasconcelos
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leila Rangel da
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Beatriz Azevedo
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kleyde Ventura de
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leônidas Netto
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People; D055815:Young Adult