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0008/2016 - Domestic violence against women, public policies and community health workers in Brazilian primary health care.
Violência doméstica contra mulheres, políticas públicas e agentes comunitários de saúde na atenção primária Brasileira.

Author:

• Marcos Claudio Signorelli - Signorelli, MC - XX - UFPR, Câmara de Saúde Coletiva - <signorelli.marcos@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Angela Taft - Taft, A. - La Trobe University, Judith Lumley Centre - <a.taft@latrobe.edu.au>
• Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira - Pereira, P.P.G. - Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp) - Escola Paulista de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Preventiva (DPM) - <pedropaulopereira@gmail.com, pedropaulopereira@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0298-2138

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Gênero

Abstract:

Domestic violence creates multiple harms for women‘s health and is a ‘wicked problem’ for health professionals and public health systems. Brazil recently approved public policies to manage and care for women victims of domestic violence. Facing these policies, this study aimed to explore how domestic violence against women is usually managed in Brazilian primary health care, by investigating a basic health unit and its family health strategy. We adopted qualitative ethnographic research methods with thematic analysis of emergent categories, interrogating data with gender theory and emergent Brazilian collective health theory. Field research was conducted in a local basic health unit and the territory for which it is responsible, in Southern Brazil. The study revealed: 1) a yawning gap between public health policies for domestic violence against women at the federal level and its practical application at local/decentralized levels, which can leave both professionals and women unsafe; 2) the key role of local community health workers, paraprofessional health promotion agents, who aim to promote dialogue between women experiencing violence, health care professionals and the health care system.

Keywords:

Violence Against WomenPrimary Health CareEthnographyCommunity Health WorkersPublic Policies

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Signorelli, MC, Taft, A., Pereira, P.P.G.. Domestic violence against women, public policies and community health workers in Brazilian primary health care.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Jan). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/domestic-violence-against-women-public-policies-and-community-health-workers-in-brazilian-primary-health-care/15429?id=15429&id=15429



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