Eighteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Abstract

This proposal presents the data of an intervention process in a public center (Intendencia de Montevideo in agreement with the Faculty of Psychology, Universidad de la República) and its results. The beneficiary population is women with disabilities, inhabitants of Montevideo, who suffer gender violence from their partners or ex-partners. The framework is the interactionist ecological model. This perspective understands the phenomenon’s complexity, incorporating into its paradigm the multiplicity of factors that interact in the origin and maintenance of violent behaviors (Bronfenbrenner, 1986; Monreal-Gimeno, Povedano-Díaz and Martínez-Ferrer, 2014). The proposal describes the care protocol offered by an interdisciplinary team: psychosocial and legal. The protocol guides the intervention according to the current risk level of the woman from the Risk Index (RVD-BCN, 2015) application. The attention is weekly and can include between one and 20 appointments. The first interview is interdisciplinary. From the first interview, the intervention to follow is planned. The protocol also establishes the signing of the informed consent. All intervention is recorded in Clinical Histories and respects ethical and confidentiality rules. The study is based on a sample of 100 women who attended in one year. We describe the women´s sociodemographic characteristics and the main barriers to access to care services. Reflections on interdisciplinary teams and the importance of community networks in gender violence are presented.