A importância de capacitar os profissionais da saúde para o atendimento as vítimas de violência intrafamiliar

Abstract

The intrafamily Violence is a historical social phenomenon, is recognized by the World Health Organization as a public health problem and has become a serious problem in Brazil, resulting in a large increase in morbidity and mortality from external causes. In multidisciplinary work and network logic, and to contribute in overcoming the cycle of violence, the Health PET connected to the Multidisciplinary Residency at the Federal University of Santa Maria, both are intended to enhance the actions of interventions to improve care and health care network in the case of victims of intrafamily Violence. This work brings some research results of the project "Intrafamily Violence: a matter of public health in Brazil" and presents some considerations about the importance of training health professionals to care for victims of Intrafamily Violence. In addition, the mandatory reporting of domestic violence in health services becomes an essential step for solving them, requiring intra and inter-sectoral actions, as well as the implementation of health promotion actions, Violence Prevention and encouraging the Culture of Peace.