Mujeres de Guadalajara y violencia doméstica: resultados de un estudio piloto

Domestic violence against women is a sociomedical problem that continues to be overlooked by health institutions specifically and Mexican society as a whole. There are a handful of initial studies on this issue that report on the problem in specific areas of the country. This is a pilot study on 57...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Ramírez Rodríguez, Juan Carlos, Patiño Guerra, María Concepción
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1996
Country:Brasil
Institution:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Repository:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.teste-cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br:article/762
Online Access:https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/762
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Violencia Doméstica
Violencia Intrafamiliar
Violencia contra la Mujer
Género y Violencia
Salud de la Mujer
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Summary:Domestic violence against women is a sociomedical problem that continues to be overlooked by health institutions specifically and Mexican society as a whole. There are a handful of initial studies on this issue that report on the problem in specific areas of the country. This is a pilot study on 57 women from Guadalajara, Mexico, selected through a multi-stage random sample. Some 46% of the women had suffered domestic violence. The partner was identified as the perpetrator in 73% of these cases. Among these women, 33% had been emotionally abused, 19% physically abused, and 12% sexually abused.