Health needs of women victims of sexual violence in search for legal abortion
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.5834.3561Keywords:
Legal, Abortion; Induced, Abortion; Sexual Violence; Violence Against Women; Health Services Needs and Demand; Gender and Health.Abstract
Objective: to understand the health needs that emerge on the
path followed toward legal abortion by women who have suffered
sexual violence. Method: an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative
study, whose theoretical framework was the conceptual field of
Collective Health, based on the Marxian conception of needs. The
study participants were ten women who requested legal abortion at
a reference service located in São Paulo. A semi-structured interview
script was used for data collection. The data were submitted to content
analysis with the support of the WebQDA software. The analytical
categories used were health needs and gender. Results: despite the
fact that abortion was identified as a primary need, the data revealed
other needs felt by women, related to the health-disease process and
with an emphasis on mental health, work, financial situation, the
exercise of motherhood, access to information, autonomy, sisterhood
and welcoming in the health services. Conclusion: the properly
human needs were in greater evidence in the study, surpassing
merely biological needs. The results point to the importance of coresponsibility
of the health services with women, aiming to minimize
vulnerabilities and to effectively implement reproductive rights.
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