Meneghel S N, Camargo M, Fasolo L R, Mattiello D A, da Silva R C, Santos T C, Dagord A L, Reck A, Zanetti L, Sottili M, Teixeira M A
Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS, 92420-280, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2000 Jul-Sep;16(3):747-57. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2000000300023.
This research was conducted in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, with a sample of battered women selected from a government shelter called the "Casa Viva Maria". We analyzed data on 110 women staying at the shelter during the previous two years (January 1996-June 1998). The profile of the women was as follows: abused women were young (mean age 29 years), all had low socioeconomic status, 12% were illiterate, 21% were black, 80% reported frequent abuse by their partners, and 18% had returned to violent homes. The researchers visited 34 former lodgers from the shelter and invited them to participate in a series of evaluation workshops. A total of 118 persons, including mothers and children, attended three evaluation meetings. During this process, researchers encouraged participants to express opinions, perceptions, and feelings about their past experience in the shelter and their own concept of violence. Finally, a focal group was organized with the "Viva Maria" staff members. Female workers reported how their job had been helpful for their personal development and had helped change their own lives.
这项研究在南里奥格兰德州的阿雷格里港进行，样本是从一个名为“卡萨·维瓦·玛丽亚”的政府庇护所挑选出来的受虐妇女。我们分析了前两年（1996年1月至1998年6月）住在该庇护所的110名妇女的数据。这些妇女的情况如下：受虐妇女较为年轻（平均年龄29岁），她们的社会经济地位都很低，12%为文盲，21%是黑人，80%报告称经常遭受伴侣虐待，18%曾回到暴力家庭。研究人员走访了该庇护所的34名前住客，并邀请她们参加一系列评估研讨会。共有118人，包括母亲和孩子，参加了三次评估会议。在此过程中，研究人员鼓励参与者就她们过去在庇护所的经历以及自己对暴力的看法发表意见、看法和感受。最后，与“维瓦·玛丽亚”的工作人员组织了一个焦点小组。女性工作人员报告了她们的工作如何有助于个人发展以及如何改变了她们自己的生活。
