Experience in providing care to women victims of violence in Consultorios Rosa Cali, Colombia. 2020-022

Abstract

Objective: To describe the care process received by women victims of gender violence in intimate partner relationships, through the strategy of pink office of the (hillside health network ESE) and (north health network ESE).

Methods: A qualitative research of a phenomenological type was carried out from the study on women victims of intimate partner violence; Through the development of semi-structured interviews, the experiences of health care in the strategy called pink office, which operate in the primary care centers (hillside health network ESE) and (north health network ESE) in Cali, Colombia, were analyzed.

Results: The violence against women in couple relationships is caused by multiple violent expressions that affect emotional, mental, and physical health and exposure to femicide. The pink office strategy represents an opportunity for women to make the initial recovery and can address the situation experienced and give it new meaning; however, the strategy is susceptible to improvements that result in the restoration of women's rights from the health sector.

Conclusions: Women continue to be victims of psychological, emotional, physical, economic and sexual abuse, experiencing violent situations in their relationships; these expressions affect health, well-being and, life, evidencing emotional, mental and, physical consequences