<b>Violence against children and adolescents: care strategies adopted by health professionals</b> - doi: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v9i2.8061

Abstract

The study had the purpose to characterize the health professionals and analyze care strategies adopted with children and adolescents victims of violence. This is an exploratory-descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The subjects were professionals from the health team that acted in Emergency and Pediatrics units in hospitals of Cruz Alta/RS. For data collection an instrument with closed questions was used. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Thirty-four health professionals were interviewed, 19 of them were female. The more evidenced care strategies, according to professional category, were: clinical care, medical, psychological support, routing to specialist and to the Tutelary Council; the nurses promote clinical and psychological assistance, carry out nursing records and direct the victim to the emergency room physician. Nursing technicians calm down, talk to the victims, and carry out technical procedures. The study in question contributes to the visibility of the phenomenon of violence against children and adolescents, as well as to the formulation of care practices in health. Specifically, for the health professionals, it was sought elements of understanding of the care practices, considering this event a real problem on the health assistance.