VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW ON THE APPROACH IN PRIMARY CARE

Abstract

Violence against women is defined as any action that causes injury, even death, physical, sexual or psychological suffering and moral or property damage to women. This is a qualitative study, carrying out a bibliographic and systematic review of the literature. To do this, we used the digital portal of the Virtual Health Library (VHL). The following descriptors were listed for the search: nursing, violence against women and primary health care. Among these, the Boolean connector listed for the search strategy was “AND”. From then on, the results found through a search without filters were 60 in total, but with the use of filters used, 13 texts were totaled, and the filtering was done by the year of publication between 2018 and 2023, as well as by Portuguese language. In order to respond to the objectives of this study, three categories emerged, 1- Need for holistic care, 2- Lack of professional preparation and 3- Professional empathy. Therefore, it is identified that this study can achieve the proposed objectives, which were how violence against women is addressed in Primary Care by the nursing team and how the nursing professional should act when faced with the problem. Firstly, with regard to the actions of the PHC nurse in cases of women in situations of violence, it is possible to identify and characterize them as a factor of high relevance as it causes physical and psychological damage and causes a large number of actions.