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- Title
Sexual violence against women: nurses' practice.
- Authors
Santos Baptista, Rosilene; Batista de Melo Chaves, Olga Benário; Xavier de França, Inacia Sátiro; Stélio de Sousa, Francisco; Guedes de Oliveira, Michelly; da Silva Leite, Carla Carolina
- Abstract
Objective: to investigate the nurses’ practice regarding sexual violence against women. Methods: quantitative cross-sectional research conducted with 27 nurses in six Primary Care Units from each of the health districts of a city in the countryside of the Northeast Region of Brazil. Data collection took place from October to November 2011 through a questionnaire. Results: among the respondents, 96.3% recognized that it is their role to investigate it; 22.2% of nurses questioned their patients about the violence; 85.1% treated suspected and/or confirmed cases; and 15.8% used some protocol during the service. Only 18.5% felt able to treat cases of sexual violence. Conclusion: there were difficulties for the referral of cases and treatment recommendations. Thus, in-service training and dissemination of educational/informative material are mandatory.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES; NURSING practice; PRIMARY health care; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX crimes; OCCUPATIONAL roles; QUANTITATIVE research; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 2, p210
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2015000200010