Citation

Lettiere A, Nakano AM. Rev. Lat. Am. Enfermagem 2011; 19(6): 1421-1428.

Affiliation

Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22249678

Abstract

This qualitative study assesses how women, in situations of domestic violence and examined at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, deal with this adversity and identifies protection strategies to cope with it, considering the support required and obtained from their relational and institutional environments. Ten women were interviewed and the data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Search for help primarily occurs in the women's social milieu, with family and friends and health and legal services being sought. In such a quest, established bonds may either become an obstacle to coping and make these women vulnerable to violence or protect and strengthen them during coping. In the identification of these women's social and health needs, the aggravating circumstances of violence are only superficially addressed by professionals. New strategies to implement professional actions should be devised in order to provide integral and humanized care.

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