%0 Journal Article
%T The changes on intimate partner violence against women in the health system in Portugal
%A Raquel Cardoso
%A Jos¨¦ Ornelas
%J Health
%P 65-70
%@ 1949-5005
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/health.2013.57A4010
%X <p>
	<span style=\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In Portugal, over the last 20 years, we have seen great strides in
addressing intimate partner vio</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">lence against
women by their male partners. Mea</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">suring and understanding progress,
and achieving sustainable systems change is a major challenge and to
achieve this aim we need to identify events, persons and settings that contribute
for the critical factors that create long term transformations in the systems
and the creation of new resources [1]. Since the healthcare system is one of
the main actors of intervention with survivors, the goal of this project was to
interview key stakeholders from the healthcare system in order to </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">understand the main changes they perceive have</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> happened over the past two decades. Based on interviews with key stakeholders,
our study explores the evidences of the changes that occurred in the healthcare
system, the intersections with other systems and their visions for the future.</span></span> 
</p>
%K Social Change
%K Intimate Partner  Violence against Women
%K Health System
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=34860