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      Applying the WHO recommendations on health-sector response to violence against women to assess the Spanish health system: a mixed methods approach Translated title: La aplicación de las recomendaciones de la OMS sobre la respuesta del sector salud a la violencia contra las mujeres para evaluar el sistema sanitario español

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          This methodological note describes the development and application of a mixed-methods protocol to assess the responsiveness of Spanish health systems to violence against women in Spain, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. Five areas for exploration were identified based on the WHO recommendations: policy environment, protocols, training, accountability/monitoring, and prevention/promotion. Two data collection instruments were developed to assess the situation of 17 Spanish regional health systems (RHS) with respect to these areas: 1) a set of indicators to guide a systematic review of secondary sources, and 2) an interview guide to be used with 26 key informants at the regional and national levels. We found differences between RHSs in the five areas assessed. The progress of RHSs on the WHO recommendations was notable at the level of policies, moderate in terms of health service delivery, and very limited in terms of preventive actions. Using a mixed-methods approach was useful for triangulation and complementarity during instrument design, data collection and interpretation.

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          Esta nota metodológica describe el desarrollo de un protocolo de investigación que utiliza métodos mixtos para evaluar la respuesta del sistema sanitario español a la violencia contra las mujeres, partiendo de las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). A partir de estas recomendaciones, se definieron cinco áreas para su evaluación: políticas, protocolos, formación, rendición de cuentas/monitoreo, y acciones de prevención y promoción. Se desarrollaron dos instrumentos - un conjunto de indicadores para orientar la revisión sistemática de fuentes secundarias, y una guía de entrevista, que se utilizó con 26 informantes clave - y se aplicaron en los 17 sistemas sanitarios autonómicos. Se evidenciaron diferencias entre autonomías y entre las cinco áreas evaluadas: notable progreso en políticas, menos destacado en la prestación de servicios y muy limitados en acciones preventivo-promocionales. Combinar métodos permitió lograr triangulación, complementariedad y desarrollo, durante el diseño de los instrumentos, la recogida de información y su interpretación.

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                Journal
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                Gaceta Sanitaria
                Gac Sanit
                Ediciones Doyma, S.L. (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain )
                0213-9111
                June 2014
                : 28
                : 3
                : 238-241
                Affiliations
                [02] Alicante orgnameAlicante University orgdiv1Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science orgdiv2Public Health Research Group Spain
                [04] Umeå orgnameUmeå University orgdiv1Umeå Center for Gender Studies Sweden
                [01] Umeå orgnameUmeå University orgdiv1Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine orgdiv2Unit of Epidemiology and Global Health Sweden
                [03] Barcelona orgnameCentro de Investigación Biomédica En Red (CIBER) of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP) Spain
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                S0213-91112014000300012
                10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.08.002
                24440120
                6bfa48f3-71a4-47d8-98fd-24dbd9ddcbbf

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

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                : 05 August 2013
                : 15 May 2013
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                Violencia,Mujeres maltratadas,Política de salud,Planificación en salud,Investigación cualitativa,Violence,Battered women,Health policy,Health planning,Qualitative research

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