TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Violence against woman from the perspective of pregnant women JO - Revista de Enfermagem UFPE On Line A1 - dos Santos, Inês Maria Meneses A1 - da Silva, Leila Rangel A1 - Silva, Maíra Domingues Bernardes A1 - e Silva, Gabriela Fernandes SP - 388 EP - 396 VL - 3 IS - 3 N2 - Objectives: to analyze the kinds of violence suffered in gestational period based on Ecological Model of Violence from Pan American Health Organization and to discuss the violence concept under point of view from pregnant women. Methods: descriptive study from qualitative approach conducted in a public maternity in Rio de Janeiro city. One hundred interviews were conducted with mothers in the Rooming-in Care. Results: among women who have suffered some kind of violence there is a greater proportion of physical aggression (67%), and the aggressor is, in most cases (33%), a person close to the woman. The victims did not seek a specialized help service (79%). The socio-demographic profile showed that the predominant age range was 20-29 years (56%), with a low level of schooling, less than six years of study, with a predominant family income of more than two minimum salaries and residents, most of them (27%) from A.P.3.1 Méier. Conclusions: it’s important to ensure human rights and enhance the full care to women victims of violence. The existance of a regular training is essential to take care of these women, facing this violence phenomenon, offering then a careful, ethical and humane nursing.

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