Open AccessViolence against women and its representations: an integrative review
Author(s) -
Maria Cidney da Silva Soares,
Renata Clemente dos Santos,
Jaquelline Pereira Moura,
Therezza Virgínia Vital Freire,
Heloiza Talita Adriano da Silva,
Maria Djair Dias
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international archives of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1755-7682
DOI - 10.3823/2084
Subject(s) - medicine , inclusion (mineral) , thematic analysis , grey literature , portuguese , perception , qualitative research , medline , gender studies , social science , psychology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience , political science , law
Background: To review the scientific literature on violence against women.Method: Integrative review carried out in the Virtual Health Library, in June and July 2015. These inclusion criteria were considered: full text and freely available; female public; studies carried out in Brazil; in Portuguese; with 2011-2014 time frame.Results: The sample was composed of 15 publications, all found in the LILACS (100%) database, of which 9 (60%) had publications in A2 magazines, 4 (26.6%) in B1 magazines and 2 (13.4%) in Qualis B2 magazines. Most of the publications was Quantitative 8 approach (53.3%), showing different thematic perspectives and 7 (46.6%) were qualitative, applying violence in the perception of women and professionals who offer them assistance.Conclusions: It is essential to find coping strategies for violence, as well as the effective detection in primary health care.
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