• Jaqueline Arboit, Stela Maris de Mello Padoin, and Letícia Becker Vieira.
• Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil. Electronic address: jaqueline.arboit@hotmail.com.
• Aten Primaria. 2020 Jan 1; 52 (1): 14-21.

ObjectiveTo determine the potential and limitations of Primary Health Care professionals to identify situations of violence against women.LocationA municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.DesignDescriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach.ParticipantsTwenty-one health professionals of three Family Health Strategy units, as well as one Basic Health Unit. The inclusion criterion consisted of being a health worker in these services. The exclusion criterion was to be absent from work by any kind type license during the period of data production.MethodThe technique used to produce data was individual, semi-structured, interviews in order to collect sociodemographic data and the monitoring by professionals related to the potentials and limitations to identify violence situations. The data collection was suspended based on the saturation criterion. The data were systematized and analyzed by the content analysis technique, according to the analytical categories of health care network and gender.ResultsThe potential to identify themes were: professional experience, receptive atmosphere, bonding, and listening to the reports of women, children and/or neighbors and observing their behavior; to identify the lesions; prenatal consultations; and home visits. As to the limitations: silence, denial/non-recognition of violence, lack of complaints by women; fear and guilt; flaws and unpreparedness of the health team; and fear due to the presence of aggressor.ConclusionsIt is urgent to recognize the potential of Primary Care and to promote the qualification of professionals in order to identify the situation among visible and invisible complaints, leading to the confrontation of violence.Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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