TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Healthcare professionals' perceptions and concerns towards domestic violence during pregnancy in southern Italy
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Procentese, Fortuna
A1  - Di Napoli, Immacolata
A1  - Tuccillo, Filomena
A1  - Chiurazzi, Alessandra
A1  - Arcidiacono, Caterina
SP  - e16173087
EP  - e16173087
VL  - 16
IS  - 17
N2  - BACKGROUND: Literature on pregnancy highlighted a large number of women abused by their partners, especially among low-income teenagers attending hospital for pregnancy check-ups. Pregnancy represents a key moment for diagnosing domestic violence. <br><br>METHOD: This study explores health professionals' perceptions and concerns about domestic violence against women in services dealing with pregnant women. The twenty-four interviewees were from an Obstetrical-Gynecological walk-in Clinic in the south of Italy. The textual data has been complementarily analyzed by means of two different procedures: Symbolic-structural semiotic analysis and Thematic content analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: What emerges is that the interviewees of the clinic do not regard the issue of domestic violence as a matter of direct interest for the health service. The clinic is seen as a place for urgent contact, but one where there is not enough time to dedicate to this kind of patient, nor an adequate space to care for and listen to them. Obstetricians and health personnel expressed a negative attitude when it comes to including questions regarding violence and abuse in pre-natal reports. Training for health and social professionals and the empowering of institutional support and networking practices are needed to increase awareness of the phenomenon among the gynecological personnel.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16173087
ID  - ref1
ER  -