How do primary health care professionals deal with pregnant women

Worldwide one in three women experience gender- based violence which imparts physical, mental and sexual health morbidities. Violence during pregnancy and the postpartum period affects the quality of life of women. Healthcare professionals worry about perpetuation of the cycle of domestic violence and their consequences Pregnant women endured the worst kind of violence as compared to other periods of their lives.Objectives:to determine how Family Health Strategy professionals, recognize and deal with domestic violence in pregnant women.Method:qualitative study based on the Theory of Praxis Intervention in Collective Health Nursing (TIPESC). Fourteen professionals at a Basic Health Unit in the Shiraz university of medical science health services centers were interviewed. data were categorized and discussed in thematic groups Results:we identified low number of reported cases of domestic violence; lack of education and training of health care professionals; failure in the identification and intervention process due to bias on their personal problems, moral attitudes and prejudice against these women. In addition, the study showed that their labor process was based entirely on the biological aspects of the women, they need of proper rapport between health care professionals and pregnant women to deal with of domestic violence.Conclusion:Professionals should develop skills to intervene in violence against pregnant women and also modify labor processes considering women in their totality and part of society.

کلیدواژه ها:

Women’s Health ، Domestic Violence ، Health Personnel ، Prenatal Care.