THE ROLE OF HEALTH SERVICES IN COMBATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Abstract

The present article analyzes the possibilities of action of primary health care in its approach in cases of violence against women, aiming at an understanding of care practices at health and reception services based on the gender perspective. The statistics of violence against women increase day after day, with no expectation of a decrease, causing several damages to women victims of aggression, in the physical, psychological, social and moral spheres. Faced with the frightening numbers and the secular history of aggressions, the Maria da Penha Law was created, with the objective of protecting women against any type of violence, in view of the legal protection created, as well as the SUS Law and the policies of health have a fundamental role in this embracement. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the importance of health services in combating violence against women, analyzing the differential of the multidisciplinary approach in monitoring women victims of violence. This article used original articles found on digital data platforms, such as Google Scholar and Scielo, as a source of research, establishing the bibliographic and documentary research method. In concluding notes, the need for training health professionals was exposed for the correct approach to women victims of violence, aiming at improving, detecting and correspondingly reducing cowardly acts of violence.