Trends in public health policies addressing violence against women
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Trends in public health policies addressing violence against women
Abstract
Objective: To analyze the content of policies and action plans within the public healthcare system that addresses the issue of violence against women.
Methods: A descriptive and comparative study was conducted on the health policies and plans in Catalonia and Costa Rica from 2005 to 2011. It uses a qualitative methodology with documentary analysis. It is classified by topics that describe and interpret the contents. We considered dimensions, such as principles, strategies, concepts concerning violence against women, health trends, and evaluations.
Results: Thirteen public policy documents were analyzed. In both countries' contexts, we have provided an overview of violence against women as a problem whose roots are in gender inequality. The strategies of gender policies that address violence against women are cultural exchange and institutional action within the public healthcare system. The actions of the healthcare sector are expanded into specific plans. The priorities and specificity of actions in healthcare plans were the distinguishing features between the two countries.
Conclusions: The common features of the healthcare plans in both the counties include violence against women, use of protocols, detection tasks, care and recovery for women, and professional self-care. Catalonia does not consider healthcare actions with aggressors. Costa Rica has a lower specificity in conceptualization and protocol patterns, as well as a lack of updates concerning health standards in Catalonia.
OBJETIVO: Analizar las propuestas sanitarias de las políticas públicas y los planes de salud que abordan la violencia contra las mujeres.
MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo y comparativo de las políticas y planes de salud en Cataluña y Costa Rica del 2005 al 2011. Se utilizó una metodología cualitativa con análisis documental. Se clasificó por temas comunes y se describieron e interpretaron los contenidos. Se consideraron dimensiones como: principios, estrategias, concepción de violencia contra las mujeres, tendencias en salud y evaluación.
RESULTADOS: Se analizaron 13 documentos de políticas públicas de género para abordar la violencia contra las mujeres. La desigualdad de género fue concebida como origen de la violencia contra las mujeres en ambos contextos. Las estrategias comunes fueron el cambio cultural y la acción interinstitucional. Las actuaciones sanitarias se ampliaron en planes específicos y en los protocolos y normas de actuación. La prioridad del tema y la especificidad de las actuaciones en los planes de salud fue un rasgo diferenciador entre Cataluña y Costa Rica.
CONCLUSIONES: Entre los rasgos comunes están la inclusión de la violencia hacia las mujeres en los planes de salud, el uso de protocolos, tareas de detección, atención y recuperación para las mujeres y el autocuidado profesional. Cataluña no contempla acciones sanitarias con agresores. Hay menor especificidad en la conceptualización y en pautas protocolarias así como carencia de actualización de normas sanitarias en Costa Rica con respecto a Cataluña.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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