Programa Ponto de Luz e o atendimento a crianças e adolescentes vítimas de violência sexual: um estudo avaliativo no hospital pediátrico de referência da cidade de Fortaleza-Ceará

Abstract

In the historical context of Brazil, sexual violence against children and adolescents has highlighted the need for institutions, programs, services, and an increasingly integrated and specialized care network for these victims. In the health area, and more specifically in the hospital context, this specialized care for suspected or confirmed cases of sexual violence is crucial to the process of overcoming the traumatic events resulting from this phenomenon. By revealing this perspective of thought, this study emerged with the interest of addressing a specific hospital service in Ceará, a reference in this type of care. Therefore, the objective of this research was to evaluate whether the Ponto de Luz Program at the Albert Sabin Children's Hospital provides humanized health care to children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence from the perspective of their families. The methodology included a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory nature, with data collection based on documentary research and semi-structured interviews. An evaluation was carried out from the perspective of in-depth assessment. The data were analyzed based on content analysis. The study analyzed and evaluated the content and context of the formulation of the Ponto de Luz Program and indicated that, from the perspective of the families interviewed, the multidisciplinary health care provided in most cases provided a humanized welcome with several humanization practices based on the subjectivity and historical and sociocultural context of the families. It also pointed out the existence of some aspects of institutional violence that generate revictimization, which need to be reconsidered from the perspective of confronting and overcoming this institutional violence in the hospital environment. In view of the final conclusive study, the aim is to make a significant contribution both to the dissemination of the theme in order to contribute to the confrontation of sexual violence against children and adolescents, and to have an overview of the evaluation of the actions of the program within the institution and the care of the professionals involved based on the perception of the family members of this public, thus corroborating the strengthening of the Pontos de Luz Network, as a state reference for health care in the care of children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence, foreseen as a component axis of the State Policy for the Care of People in Situations of Violence of the State of Ceará.