Silva Iracema Viterbo
Hospital Geral do Estado, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, BA, 40240-090, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2003;19 Suppl 2:S263-72. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2003000800008. Epub 2004 Mar 8.
This article discusses research on violence against women treated at an emergency care hospital in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A total of 701 interviews were conducted in a cluster sample of women ages 15 to 49 years, of whom 321 reported some episode of physical, sexual, and/or psychological violence. Although violence against the women in this sample was not associated with social/demographic characteristics, most cases of violence occurred in the domestic environment. Among women reporting physical violence, there were more cases of mental and behavioral disorders, problems resulting from external causes, genitourinary tract diseases, and ill-defined causes. The article concludes that health services need professionals who are prepared to treat these women, who often come to emergency care units to relieve their pain and suffering but fail to find a concrete response to their real needs.
本文讨论了对在巴西巴伊亚州萨尔瓦多一家急救医院接受治疗的遭受暴力侵害妇女的研究。对15至49岁女性的整群样本进行了总共701次访谈，其中321人报告了一些身体、性和/或心理暴力事件。尽管该样本中针对女性的暴力与社会/人口特征无关，但大多数暴力事件发生在家庭环境中。在报告遭受身体暴力的女性中，精神和行为障碍、外部原因导致的问题、泌尿生殖道疾病以及不明原因的病例更多。文章得出结论，卫生服务需要有准备好治疗这些女性的专业人员，这些女性经常前往急救单位以减轻她们的痛苦，但却未能找到针对其实际需求的具体应对措施。
