Intimate partner violence: a cross-sectional study in women treated in the Brazilian Public Health System

ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence and types of violence suffered by women and to identify the gender attitudes related to the situation. Methods: This was a descritive, cross-sectional study incluiding 343 women who were assisted at the Brazilian Public Health System in countryside city in northeastern of Brazil. All participants were volunteers and they invited to participate during consultation at a Basic Health Unit. As participants, they filled out the World Health Organization Violence Against Women Questionnaire and responded [...]