A VIOLÊNCIA CONTRA A CRIANÇA E O ADOLESCENTE NA PERSPECTIVA DE AGENTES COMUNITÁRIOS DA SAÚDE

Domestic violence is normally practiced by relatives, constituted in serious violation of the rights of the child and the adolescent. The objective of this study was to investigate whether Community Health Agents (CHA) recognize signs of intra-family violence, if they make the notification, if they know risk and protection factors and if in their training they received information about these issues. A total of 119 ACS respond to three questionnaires. We found that knowledge about signs of violence, especially sexual and psychological violence, about notification, about risk and protection factors, and about parental practices and children's social skills should be part of CHA training courses, as well as the Health Team, because they work with families on a daily basis. It is concluded that the ACS did not have access to the knowledge produced by the child development psychology that could guide their protective and preventive action with the families. Keywords : domestic violence; community health agents; risk and protection factors.