Abstract

DUANY NAVARRO, Annia  and  RAVELO PEREZ, Vivian. Intrafamily violence in a health area. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2005, vol.21, n.1-2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.

An exploratory and descriptive study was undertaken. Three family physician's oficces were selected by bistage cluster and, in each of them, 50 families with permanent residence in the Cerro People's Council. Our purpose was to explore the frequency and characteristics of intrafamily violence (IFV) in a health area of Cerro municipality and their possible influence on family functioning. An adult member of every family and the family physician were interviewed at home aimed at identifying the presence of IFV, the victims, the victimaries and the connection of IFV with family functioning and with the existance of psychiatric affections in the family. IFV was observed in 24 % of the families. The psychological type was the most frequent (58,6 %), and women were the commonest victims. . No sexual abuse was detected and no relation was found between the family functioning and the IFV, eventhough in the few dysfunctional families found there was violence. It was concluded that there is IFV in the health area, in spite of the fact that the community does not recognize it as one its health problems.

Keywords : Intrafamily violence; domestic violence; family functioning; physical violence; psychological violence.

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