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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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