%0 Journal Article %T O modelo bioecol¨®gico: desvendando contribui£¿£¿es para a pr¨¢xis da enfermagem diante da viol¨ºncia dom¨¦stica %A Batista %A Janete Maria da Silva %A Trigueiro %A Tatiane Herreira %A Lenardt %A Maria Helena %A Mazza %A Ver£¿nica de Azevedo %A Labronici %A Liliana Maria %J Escola Anna Nery %D 2013 %I Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro %R 10.1590/S1414-81452013000100024 %X it is a reflection paper which objectified to discuss the elements of bronfenbrenner's bioecological model on human development expecting to contribute for nursing knowledge and its praxis on domestic violence interface. grasping human beings' complexity in the bioecological perspective enables the development of a transforming praxis in the context of nursing performance facing caring demand to a person who experienced this kind of abuse. it is considered that this theory on human development entails in its structure constitutive elements of people's interrelationships and their surrounding environment as the determining factors to shape individuals. thus, by taking this model, nursing broadens its look on human multidimensionality which may be reflected in its praxis and care towards situations of domestic violence. %K community health nursing %K domestic violence %K human development. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1414-81452013000100024&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en