Hebe Signorini Gonçalves

A notificação da violência intrafamiliar contra crianças e adolescentes por profissionais de saúde

Reporting family violence against children has two main benefits: it protects the child from the violence and improves epidemiological control of violence. Health professionals play an important role in this area, since they are required to report any known or even suspected case of violence. Nevertheless, when and how to report has been questioned recently. This paper discusses the problems faced by health professionals and suggests specific solutions to the Brazilian case. The authors conclude that it is necessary: (a) to clarify the legal notion of violence in Brazil, specifically the concept of suspicion; (b) to create technical manuals to guide action in this area; (c) to improve the number and quality of services to assist the population; (d) to improve studies and discussion of the consequences of reporting, mainly concerning the notion of justice transmitted to Brazilian families through this practice.

A prevenção da violência contra a criança na experiência do Ambulatório de Atendimento à Família: entraves e possibilidades de atuação

O artigo apresenta alguns aspectos relacionados a complexidade do atendimento as criancas vitimas de violencia e suas familias a partir do trabalho desenvolvido pelo Ambulatorio de Atendimento a Familia do Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagao Gesteira, hospital pediatrico da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. O objetivo do trabalho e discutir questoes relacionadas a definicao da clientela atendida, a forma como as familias trazem o problema e lidam com a violencia e a limitacao da atuacao da equipe interdisciplinar. Sao tambem abordadas a interferencia de aspectos sociais no acompanhamento dos casos e alguns aspectos da notificacao aos conselhos tutelares. A luz dos problemas discutidos, os autores relatam os procedimentos adotados no Ambulatorio, que representam formas de atuacao no nivel de prevencao terciaria da violencia contra as criancas.

Juventude brasileira, entre a tradição e a modernidade

Data provided by two different surveys, both conducted in Rio de Janeiro, are compared in order to analyze the relations between parents and their children. The first survey provides data on how parents raise their children and which values they believe important to sustain their actions. The second survey provides data on which are the main problems youth people have to face, and how they deal with them. Brought together, they show that family values are still very important to children and youth. In conclusion, the paper indicates that individualism may not explain the main questions on Brazilian youth.

Conselheiros Tutelares: Um estudo acerca de suas representações e de suas práticas

This text provides data about social representations of Child Protection Counselors. In 2006, 226 counselors answered to a questionnaire and 11 were interviewed; in 2010, another 10 other were interviewed. The results show and discusses discrepancies between the proposals of the Statute of Children and Adolescents and the representations of the directors in charge, especially when regarding the family as responsible for the rights of children and adolescents.