Social Representations of nurses on the approach to children and adolescents who are victims of violence
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.5414.3509Keywords:
Nurses; Child Abuse; Child; Adolescent; Health Services; Forensic Nursing.Abstract
Objective: to analyze social representations from the
perspective of the structural aspect about the nurses’ approach
to children and adolescents who are victims of violence,
comparing primary, secondary and tertiary health care services.
Method: an analytical research study with a qualitative
approach under the methodological theoretical framework of
the Theory of Social Representations from the Central Core
Theory. A total of 76 nurses participated in the study: 30 from
primary care, 16 from secondary care and 30 from tertiary
care. A semi-structured interview was applied using a predefined
script and similarity analysis using the Interface of
R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de
Questionnaires software. Results: structurally, the maximum
tree revealed the central core in the upper right quadrant, the
first peripheral zone in the upper left quadrant; the second
peripheral zone in the lower left quadrant; and the silent zone
in the lower right quadrant. The ten branches of the maximum
tree emerged from the following terms: hit, leave, approach (n),
receive, approach (v), remember, tell, spend, pass, caution,
mom. Conclusion: the social representations on the nurses’
approach in primary, secondary and tertiary care health services
evidenced common points as for the lack of notification, transfer
of responsibilities, weakness in identifying situations of violence
and the need for training.
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