As respostas dos serviços de saúde frente às mulheres em situação de violência sexual: reflexões a partir da percepção das profissionais de saúde do setor de emergência.

Abstract

This study analyzes the perception of health professionals on the assistance to women under sexual violence in an emergency hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Considering women who live under violence are more exposed to several health problems, the performance of the health team who work in hospital s emergency room can be of fundamental importance in the care and prevention of sexual violence. The staff selected was multiprofessional and included physicians, social workers, psychologists and nurses. A qualitative research was chosen as the most appropriate for the analysis, which used a semi-structured individual interview for the data collection. The study aimed to analyze the health professionals perception of sexual violence in the context of the emergency room, to establish the relation between the discourses on the professional performance in the care for sexual violence and the responses offered to face the problem. It indicated that, as for many health professionals, the knowledge about sexual violence is acquired from the cases in the daily routine of the emergency room. This way, the cultural heritage hardens the perception, feelings and sexist, shortened and prejudiced actions against women, reproducing hegemonic patterns of asymmetric relations. On the other hand, interviews demonstrated the importance of qualification for a better reflection of sexual violence against women. Adopting the concept of gender, the multiprofessional team could have, therefore, a more critic understanding of the sexual violence against women, with more adequate responses to the reality of that population.