Violência e saúde: uma reflexão da atuação dos núcleos de apoio à saúde da família às mulheres vítimas de violência doméstica

Abstract

The research aims to understand how the actions of the Family Health Support Centers team act in situations of domestic violence against women. The specific objectives are: to analyze the Primary Care Policy emphasizing the Family Health Support Centers; identify activities by Family Health Support Centers; to verify how the Policy subsidizes the performance of the Family Health Support Centers regarding domestic violence against women. For the analysis, the content analysis method was used. The results showed that the professional team does not always qualify to handle cases of violence, producing barriers and difficulties to cope with violence when it has difficulties to identify cases and its action is focused on the symptom approach. The main difficulties may be related to fear and insecurity, overload of duties and inadequate training. The need for intersectoral articulation and the development of continuing education policies is considered.