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Alice Cristina Medeiros Melo1, Isabella Vitral Pinto2, Camila Alves Bahia2
1Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente, Departamento de Análise Epidemiológica e Vigilância de Doenças Não Transmissíveis, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Objective:
To identify information obtained from Health Information Systems (HIS) allowing to detect violence against women, critically discussing strategies to promote the integration of these data and the improvement of analyses on violence.
Method:
Reflective theoretical essay, using a narrative review, based on the analysis of national documents on five HIS and their potential for detecting violence against women. The article discusses strategies developed within health management and academia to promote the integration and availability of data and information on violence against women.
Results:
The five HIS described (SIM, SINAN, SINASC, SIH and SIA) present possibilities for building diagnoses and tackling violence against women that can be better exploited by health surveillance.
Final Considerations:
The integration of databases to produce information is strategic for tackling violence against women, enabling cases to be monitored and women to be offered more comprehensive and humanized care, helping to prevent extreme events such as femicide.
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