Author:

• Elisabeth Meloni Vieira - Vieira, E.M. - Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo - Universidade de São Paulo - <bmeloni@fmrp.usp.br> +

Co-author(s):

• Manoel Antônio dos Santos - Santos, M.A. - Ribeirão Preto, SP - Departamento de Psicologia da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciência e Letras de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo - <masantos@ffclrp.usp.br>
• Daniela Daltoso - Daltoso, D. - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Ribeirão Preto - <danidaltoso@yahoo.com.br>
• Ana Maria de Almeida - Ameida, A.M. - Departamento Materno-Infantil e de Saúde Pública da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo - <amalmeid@eerp.usp.br>
• Fernanda Garbelini de Ferrante - De Ferrante, F.G. - Faculdades Integradas do Brasil - UniBrasil - <fernandadeferrante@hotmail.com>
• Nicholas John Ford - Ford, N.J. - Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand - <N.J.Ford@exeter.ac.uk>

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Gênero

Abstract:

Objectives: To identify experience, attitudes and feelings of health care professionals’ (HCPs) in addressing the needs of women patients suffering from intimate partner violence (IPV). Methods: In-depth interviews with 14 doctors and 11 nurses in Ribeirão Preto were carried out. Results: There is an ‘apparent invisibility’ of IPV, the convenience of a tacit compact of silence about such violence on the part of the woman and the HCP, the reasons given by HCPs for inability to address IPV, the health service facility context, and the diversity of doctors’ practical responses to violence, with indications of the emergence of a more proactive and positive stance. Discussion: Qualitative data analysis highlights previous survey findings. A positive response from HCPs shows that there is perhaps some change from a narrowly, medically-focused model of health care, to a more broadly defined social model.

Keywords:

Violence against women domestic abuse health care professionals

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