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Bacchus LJ, d'Oliveira AFPL, Pereira S, Schraiber LB, Aguiar JMD, Graglia CGV, Bonin RG, Feder G, Colombini M. An evidence-based primary health care intervention to address domestic violence against women in Brazil: a mixed method evaluation. BMC PRIMARY CARE 2023; 24:198. [PMID: 37749549 PMCID: PMC10519067 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-023-02150-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Health systems have a critical role in a multi-sectoral response to domestic violence against women (DVAW). However, the evidence on interventions is skewed towards high income countries, and evidence based interventions are not easily transferred to low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) where significant social, cultural and economic differences exist. We evaluated feasibility and acceptability of implementation of an intervention (HERA-Healthcare Responding to Violence and Abuse) to improve the response to DVAW in two primary health care clinics (PHC) in Brazil. METHODS The study design is a mixed method process and outcome evaluation, based on training attendance records, semi-structured interviews (with 13 Primary Health Care (PHC) providers, two clinic directors and two women who disclosed domestic violence), and identification and referral data from the Brazilian Epidemiological Surveillance System (SINAN). RESULTS HERA was feasible and acceptable to women and PHC providers, increased providers' readiness to identify DVAW and diversified referrals outside the health system. The training enhanced the confidence and skills of PHC providers to ask directly about violence and respond to women's disclosures using a women centred, gender and human rights perspective. PHC providers felt safe and supported when dealing with DVAW because HERA emphasised clear roles and collective action within the clinical team. A number of challenges affected implementation including: differential managerial support for the Núcleo de Prevenção da Violência (Violence Prevention Nucleus-NPV) relating to the allocation of resources, monitoring progress and giving feedback; a lack of higher level institutional endorsement prioritising DVAW work; staff turnover; a lack of feedback from external support services to PHC clinics regarding DVAW cases; and inconsistent practices regarding documentation of DVAW. CONCLUSION Training should be accompanied by system-wide institutional change including active (as opposed to passive) management support, allocation of resources to support roles within the NPV, locally adapted protocols and guidelines, monitoring progress and feedback. Communication and coordination with external support services and documentation systems are crucial and need improvement. DVAW should be prioritised within leadership and governance structures, for example, by including DVAW work as a specific commissioning goal.
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Affiliation(s)
- Loraine J Bacchus
- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health & Policy, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
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- Preventive Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455 Cerqueira César, 01246 903, São Paulo, Brasil.
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- Preventive Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455 Cerqueira César, 01246 903, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Preventive Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455 Cerqueira César, 01246 903, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Preventive Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455 Cerqueira César, 01246 903, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Preventive Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455 Cerqueira César, 01246 903, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Preventive Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455 Cerqueira César, 01246 903, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
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- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Public Health & Policy, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9SH, UK
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Bulhões B, Bellas H, Arcuri R, de Carvalho PVR, Jatobá A. Shifting the management model of Brazilian health services: perceptions of major stakeholders on the participation of the private sector in public hospital administration. DIALOGUES IN HEALTH 2022; 1:100011. [PMID: 38515902 PMCID: PMC10953932 DOI: 10.1016/j.dialog.2022.100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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In Brazil, public hospitals are managed according to several different models. The participation of private or third-sector organizations has been growing in a significant manner, especially in the past decade. The present study explores the perception of public administrators and health councilors on the main aspects of outsourcing the management of public health services to the private sector. The study shows that the main disadvantages are related to the reduction of the State's role as regulator, making it more difficult to size services up according to the demands of the population. Among the main advantages pointed out are contributions to reduce bureaucracy in the administration and more freedom for the management of physical, financial, and human resources. The present study contributes to transcend the political-ideological discussion on private sector participation in the management of public and universal constitutionally guaranteed services, presenting the point of view of administrators in Brazil, not very explored in recent literature.
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- Bárbara Bulhões
- Instituto de Medicina Social Hesio Cordeiro (IMS) - Universidade do Estado Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) -, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos Estratégicos Antônio Ivo de Carvalho (CEE) - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz ,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) -, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos Estratégicos Antônio Ivo de Carvalho (CEE) - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz ,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Turino F, Fernandes LEM, Soares GB, Castro GBD, Salles SM, Zaganelli JC, Siqueira CEG, Bussinger ECDA, Sodré F. Seguindo o dinheiro: análise dos repasses financeiros do Município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, para as organizações sociais de saúde. CAD SAUDE PUBLICA 2022; 38Suppl 2:e00350020. [DOI: 10.1590/0102-311x00350020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Este artigo analisou a atuação das Organizações Sociais de Saúde (OSS) no Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) e o uso dos contratos de gestão e dos termos aditivos como instrumentos de privatização. O objetivo foi compreender os processos que legitimam a privatização, a partir da quantificação dos valores financeiros repassados por meio de contratos de gestão e termos aditivos para as organizações que firmaram contratos com a Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro (SMS-RJ), Brasil, entre 2009 e 2018. Foi desenvolvido um estudo descritivo e exploratório com abordagem mista para analisar os valores repassados às OSS. Trabalhou-se com dados secundários públicos e disponíveis nos portais eletrônicos da SMS-RJ, além de outros documentos oficiais. Foram identificados 268 documentos, sendo 61 contratos e 207 aditivos, relacionados a 15 instituições. O volume financeiro total repassado a essas organizações foi de BRL 15,94 bilhões. A OSS IABAS (Instituto de Atenção Básica e Avançada à Saúde) foi a que mais recebeu recursos públicos, somando BRL 4,021 bilhões. Em 2014, o orçamento total da saúde do município do Rio de Janeiro foi de aproximadamente BRL 4 bilhões, sendo que desse montante BRL 2,5 bilhões foram repassados para as OSS, representando 62% do orçamento da saúde. Com base nos dados, podemos afirmar que os contratos de gestão e os termos aditivos são instrumentos de privatização do SUS. Essa privatização não se dá no modelo convencional, mas em um tipo funcional e flutuante.
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