Health promotion, participation in collective actions and situation of violence among users of Primary Health Care

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the relationship between health promotion, measured by means of participation in collective actions, and violence among users of primary health units, in the municipality of Ribeirão das Neves (MG). This is a quantitative approach study, whose methodology consists of semi-structured interviews with users of primary care of the municipality of Ribeirão das Neves (MG).  A
total of 628 users from 58 Basic Health Units were interviewed; the most frequent violences were: verbal, psychological and attempted suicide. Participation in collective actions is predominantly linked to religious services. The development of actions to prevent violence in primary care is low. In the correspondence analysis, the low frequency of collective action was strongly associated to the presence of violence and suicide attempt. The presence of actions related to sports/art activities is associated with the absence of verbal and sexual violence; participation in associations/unions is associated with absence of psychological, physical and attempted suicide; finally, voluntary work actions are associated with lack of sexual violence, having a relative murdered and knowing someone who was murdered. It was concluded that participation and non-participation in collective actions are associated, respectively, with lower and higher prevalence of violence.