Authors : María de los Ángeles Estrella-González; Isabel Cluet de Rodríguez; Paola Elizabeth Pérez-Uchuari; Mónica Viviana Siguenza-Bermeo; Andrés Alexis Ramírez-Coronel
Volume/Issue : Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 9 - September
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DOI : 10.38124/IJISRT20SEP006
- Gender violence is an issue that generates
worldwide impact, in addition to being a public health
problem, since there are high levels of patrimonial,
psychological, physical and sexual violence that occur
daily and are not reported due to fear, omission and
Justification, that is why the importance of carrying out
this research is born. Describe gender violence in
women who attend the Health Center No. 1 of Azogues.
Non-experimental study of descriptive, analytical,
prospective and cross-sectional type with a quantitative
approach. The participants were Women 15 to 49 years
of age who went to an outpatient clinic. A survey was
designed that included sociodemographic factors and
consisted of 27 questions, which collected data on the
types of patrimonial, psychological, physical and sexual
violence. Results were obtained from 351 women who
made up the established sample, where more than 50%
belonged to the young adult population, they showed
patrimonial violence 22.5%, Psychological 45.6%,
Physical 20.8% and sexual 13, one%. There is a level of
positive significance between age and patrimonial,
psychological and physical violence, marital status with
all types of violence and the level of instruction with a
level of negative significance related to patrimonial,
psychological and physical violence.
Keywords : Gender violence, Women, external consultation.