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Discussing violence against children in family health: thoughts on a health intervention proposal

Abstract

This article is the result of a Primary Care health intervention experiment conducted in the municipality of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco. By promoting a Permanent Health Education space, we brought professionals of Family Health Strategy units (FHS) closer to the discussions on violence against children to facilitate the construction of coping strategies. As a methodological proposal, three workshops were held with professionals linked to three FHS from the III Region of the municipality. The topics covered in the workshops involved violence against children. For the presentation and discussion of the results, a systematization of the experience was performed from which three lines of analysis were defined and that we present as tension fields revealed in the dialogue with the professionals. We observed that several factors make it difficult to cope with violence against children among FHS, among them: the fragility of the network, the lack of preparation by the professionals, and the impotence in the resolution of cases. As a coping strategy, professionals emphasized the importance of home visits. However, one of the greatest tools to combat violence, the reporting form, is still used by few and unknown by the majority. There is still great need to work on the issue of violence against children in FHS, since most professionals report never having participated in discussions on this topic, which seems to have a significant repercussion on their daily actions.

Keywords:
Violence; Violence Against Children; Primary Care; Family Health Strategy; Child Health

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