# Continuing education to combat domestic and gender-based violence: an experience report

## TL;DR

This paper describes a program in Brazil that used education and supervision to help healthcare workers better address domestic and gender-based violence.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a critical-emancipatory educational approach to supervise healthcare professionals in addressing domestic and gender-based violence.

## Key findings

- Twenty meetings were held to foster critical reflection on domestic and gender-based violence among healthcare workers.
- The approach emphasized the importance of visibility and inclusion of the issue in healthcare planning.
- The experience demonstrated a practical model for ongoing education and health surveillance in this context.

## Abstract

to report the implementation of supervision for healthcare professionals from Violence Prevention Centers in healthcare services in two regions of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

an experience report of planning and executing supervision meetings from the perspective of critical-emancipatory education.

twenty meetings were held with critical reflections on domestic and gender-based violence as a barrier to continuity of life and the need to make the phenomenon visible and take it into account when planning healthcare.

the experience offers a practical perspective on supervising health workers that is consistent with maintaining ongoing education and health surveillance to improve the way domestic and gender-based violence is addressed in healthcare services.

relatar a implementação de supervisão para profissionais de saúde dos Núcleos de Prevenção da Violência em serviços de saúde em duas regiões da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil.

relato de experiência do planejamento e execução dos encontros de supervisão na perspectiva da educação crítico-emancipatória.

foram realizados 20 encontros com reflexões críticas sobre a violência doméstica e de gênero como barreira à continuidade da vida e a necessidade de visibilização e consideração do fenômeno no planejamento da assistência à saúde.

a experiência oferece uma perspectiva prática da supervisão aos trabalhadores de saúde coerente com a manutenção da educação permanente e da vigilância em saúde para aprimorar o enfrentamento da violência doméstica e de gênero nos serviços de saúde.