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[Intimate partner violence in pregnancy: identification of women victims of their partners]
Lisiane Camargo Quialheiro de Oliveira1, Mariana de Oliveira Fonseca-Machado2, Juliana Stefanello3
1Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
Objective:
To identify women in situations of violence by intimate partners during the current pregnancy among users of prenatal care services.
Methods:
Observational, cross-sectional study conducted from May 2012 to May 2013 in a prenatal service in Ribeirão Preto - SP, with 358 pregnant women from the 36th week of pregnancy. Data were collected through interviews. The adopted techniques and methods were univariate analysis, frequency distribution, measures of central tendency and variability, and the chi-square and Student's t-test.
Results:
Violence by an intimate partner during pregnancy was identified in 63 women (17.6%) aged between 15 and 42 years. Of the total, 39.7% were Catholic and 87.3% were non-smokers. Most of the women were unmarried and unemployed. Only 20 of the women felt they had suffered some form of violence during their lifetime.
Conclusion:
These results will enable the creation of strategies to recognize, intervene, where necessary, and support victims.
