Social representations of Primary Health Care users about violence: a gender study.

Objective: To analyze the structure and content of social representations about violence by primary health care users.

Method: Qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in Rio Grande health units with 150 people between January and April 2019 by applying free evocations and interviews, which were treated by using software and contextual analysis, respectively.

Results: Violence against people, violence, physical violence, substance dependence, and robbery made up the representation in the central core.