Critical path of women in situation of violence: an integrative literature review.

Jaqueline Arboit,Cristiane Cardoso De Paula,Stela Maris De Mello Padoin

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0265

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https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0265

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Abstract

To identify Brazilian and international scientific evidence on the critical path of women in situations of violence. Integrative literature review developed in four databases and two electronic portals, in January 2017. Twenty-one full articles in English, Portuguese or Spanish from original researches were included in the time cut from 1994 to 2016, and which presented critical path elements, even without using this concept. The critical path of women in situations of violence is constituted of elements related to their perceptions, actions and previous experiences regarding availability and quality of services, social representations of public servers and community and the results obtained in the search for help. Critical path elements are decisive for the women, and can promote, inhibit or delay the beginning of the route and consequently the end of situations of violence experienced by these women.

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Violence against women is considered a public health problem and a violation of human rights(1), as well as one of the main obstacles to gender equality(2)
Studies included in the qualitative synthesis from the search in databases and electronic portais (n=10)
Studies included in the qualitative synthesis in the list of references of the articles included in the study (n=11) Corpus (n = 21)

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Violence against women is considered a public health problem and a violation of human rights(1), as well as one of the main obstacles to gender equality(2). It is every act of violence perpetrated against a woman that results in physical, psychological and sexual suffering, as well as threats and deprivation of freedom(2). Studies indicate that the main offenders of the women are people without consanguineous bonds, chosen for the intimate coexistence, namely: husbands, partners, boyfriends and ex-partners(3-4) This problem has undesirable consequences in the short and long term, the ones related to the health of the women who experience it. Women who experienced intimate partner violence were twice as likely to present psychological distress, somatic complaints and to use psychotropic or analgesic medication when compared to women who did not experience violence(7)

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