Actuación del personal de salud frente a situaciones de violencia de género en un Centro de Salud de Guayaquil en el año 2020.

Abstract

Gender-based violence is all physical, sexual or psychological damage to women, considering it a public health problem in which the care teams in health care units must ensure due care with timely detection and access for these victims. Avoiding problems for reproductive health, chronic diseases, psychological consequences and even death. Therefore, the study was proposed with the Objective of identifying the actions of the health team in situations of gender violence in a health center in Guayaquil Cisne II. Methodology:descriptive,quantitative,prospective with a total of professionals of 27 subjects from the Cisne II health center, a questionnaire was applied with 18 ITEMS with questions regarding knowledge, self-perception of knowledge and action on gender violence, later age, sex were also collected , marital status, position. Results:The actions of health personnel in situations of gender violence are expectant and a differential diagnosis is always made in those women who present physical injuries.The sociodemographic characteristics of the health personnel aged 41 to 50 years are mostly medical, since part of the nursing personnel did not agree to participate in the study. In relation to self-perception of knowledge, they were recorded as high. Conclusion: The performance of health personnel in the face of situations of gender violence is normally attentive to the exposure of situations of gender violence that patients present in the clinics.