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Women Abused: Analysis of Assistance Provided by Urgency Mobile Service

Version 1 : Received: 19 September 2023 / Approved: 20 September 2023 / Online: 21 September 2023 (12:07:00 CEST)

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Senda, D.M.; de Souza, M.P.; Castilho Pelloso, F.; Bocchi Pedroso, R.; Carvalho, M.D.B.; Pelloso, S.M. Women Abused: Analysis of Assistance Provided by Urgency Mobile Service. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 87. Senda, D.M.; de Souza, M.P.; Castilho Pelloso, F.; Bocchi Pedroso, R.; Carvalho, M.D.B.; Pelloso, S.M. Women Abused: Analysis of Assistance Provided by Urgency Mobile Service. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 87.

Abstract

The violence against women is a theme that extrapolates health issues, since after a victim seek for a health care, there is the notification of the act [1]. In Brazil, many times, these women are first assisted by mobile urgency services (SAMU/SIATE) and, as far as we have concern, there are no other studies with specific data about these assistance. The present paper aimed to analyze SAMU/SIATE assistance to abused women. Qualitative and retrospective epidemiological study of assistance to assaulted women carried out by SIATE and SAMU Maringá/Norte Novo between 2011 and 2020. Women between 20 and 39 years old, non-pregnant, were the main victims, and 19,52% of them have used some kind of drug. The (ex)partner figured as the perpetrator in 17,35%, but there were no information about this variable in 73,75% of the records. The Qui-square test shows a mortality rate superior to 70% among the severe traumatized victims. This is one of the first studies to analyze this kind of care provided by SAMU/SIATE, and reveals some gaps in its “modus-operandi” that can limitate an extrapolation of the results to bigger spheres. More researches in mobile urgency care services, in other provinces also, are needed to propose strategies to fight against this epidemic.

Keywords

Violence against women; Feminicide; Pre-Hospital Emergency Care

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Health Policy and Services

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