The politics of confronting violence against women: conceptions of a nursing team

• Published in: Revista enfermagem digital cuidado e promoção da saúde Vol. 7; pp. 01 - 08
• Main Authors: Maria Nazaré Souza dos Passos, Flávia Nataly Pereira da Silva Rocha, Naelia Vidal de Negreiros Silva, Marília Gabrielle Santos Nunes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de Pernambuco 01.03.2022
• Subjects: health policy; health promotion; nursing staff; violence against women; women’s health services
• DOI: 10.5935/2446-5682.20220004

Objective: To identify the knowledge of the nursing team about the conceptions and actions of the policy to combat violence against women. Method: It is characterized as field research, developed in a public hospital of high complexity of maternal and child care in the city of Recife/PE. In which, descriptive and inferential analysis using the chi-square test. Results: It was evidenced that 70% of the team claims to know the policy, but 55% do not know or do not consider the cases as compulsory notification and 71% do not know how to deal with it. Conclusion: The team’s difficulty regarding the policy to combat violence against women is notorious, where the lack of training contributes to this obstacle. be minimized with detailed recording.