Seizing an Opportunity to Help—Knowledge and Attitudes of Doctors and Nurses Toward Women Victimized by Intimate Partner Violence in Brazil

In this study we combined quantitative (questionnaire survey of 221 health care professionals [HCPs]) and qualitative (interviews with 14 doctors) methods to explore knowledge and attitudes toward health service assistance for women victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Data were collected in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, in 2007. We found that most HCPs presented good knowledge of definitions of gender violence, but they had low awareness of its local prevalence, sympathetic attitudes to such women, but highlighted a range of barriers to assisting them. We analyzed these findings in relation to sex, age, profession, and years of experience

Domestic violence · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Health professionals · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Qualitative research · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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