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. 2020 Dec 8;11(7):961–972. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.237

Table 1. Key Baseline Characteristics of the Study Clinics .

PHC Clinic 1 PHC Clinic 2
Location and covered area
  • Downtown area

  • Cover 58 541 people in 27 159 households:

    • ♦ 573 (2.1%) in collective tenements
    • ♦ 42 (0.15%) lacking basic sanitation
  • Peripheral region

  • Covers 43, 429 people in 13 348 households:

    • ♦ 4851 (36.3%) in favela areas
    • ♦ 1778 (13.3%) lacking basic sanitation
Service administration
  • Fully administered by a private and non-profit organization

  • Three teams of family medicine

  • Area covered by gynaecologists and obstetricians, paediatrician and general medicine

  • Street team for homeless access to the clinic

  • Mixed administration: half by direct municipal administration (public employees)

  • Three teams of family medicine managed by a private and non-profit organization

  • Area covered by gynaecologists and obstetricians, paediatrician and general medicine

Staff 118 employees: 94 women, 24 men 79 professionals: 63 women, 16 men
DV cases reported to the mandatory surveillance in 2017 3 3
NPV members 1 Social worker, 1 psychologist, 1 nursing technician 1 Social worker
Any regular meetings at the facilitya Yes No

Abbreviations: PHC, primary healthcare; NPV, violence prevention nucleus; DV, domestic violence.

a Any sort of regular team meeting among the providers to discuss any aspect of the work in the PHC clinics.