Intimate partner violence and anxiety disorders in pregnancy: the importance of vocational training of the nursing staff in facing them.

Objective: to identify the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, trait and state anxiety, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy.

Method: observational, cross-sectional study developed with 358 pregnant women. The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - Civilian Version was used, as well as the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and an adapted version of the instrument used in the World Health Organization Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence.

Depressive disorder in pregnant Latin women: does intimate partner violence matter?

Aims And Objectives: To identify the association of antenatal depressive symptoms with intimate partner violence during the current pregnancy in Brazilian women.

Background: Intimate partner violence is an important risk factor for antenatal depression. To the authors' knowledge, there has been no study to date that assessed the association between intimate partner violence during pregnancy and antenatal depressive symptoms among Brazilian women.

[Intimate partner violence in pregnancy: identification of women victims of their partners].

Objective: To identify women in situations of violence by intimate partners during the current pregnancy among users of prenatal care services.

Methods: Observational, cross-sectional study conducted from May 2012 to May 2013 in a prenatal service in Ribeirão Preto - SP, with 358 pregnant women from the 36th week of pregnancy. Data were collected through interviews.

Mental health of women who suffer intimate partner violence during pregnancy.

Objective: To identify the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy and mental disorders in women in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle.

Methodology: A review was conducted of papers published in Portuguese, English and Spanish regarding the study theme. The databases explored were PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and PsycINFO.

Continuing education in nursing as a factor associated with knowledge on breastfeeding.

Objective: Identifying the knowledge about breastfeeding of the nurses of the Family Health Program, and possible associations between the knowledge and personal, professional and self evaluation aspects.

Methodology: Observational and cross-sectional study conducted in family health units of a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with 85 nursing professionals. Data were collected through a questionnaire.

[Breastfeeding: knowledge and practice].

The objective of this study was to characterize the practices of breastfeeding promotion developed by nursing professionals of the Family Health Strategy and analyze the correlation between their knowledge of breastfeeding and how often they provided teaching regarding this topic. This cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed at the Family Health Strategy units of Uberaba, Minas Gerais with 85 nursing professionals, using two questionnaires. Data analysis was performed using frequency distribution and Spearman's correlation analysis.