The World Health Organization (2014) defines obstetric violence as a phenomenon that occurs where women experience disrespectful, abusive, and negligent treatment during prenatal care, childbirth and / or postpartum by health professionals who attend them.  The objective is to present the profile of the sample that self-reported manifestations of obstetric violence in Puerto Rico for the years 2016-2019.  The study design was descriptive cross-sectional or prevalence study. The study population was the births that occurred in Puerto Rico during the years 2016-2019.  The study design was descriptive cross-sectional or prevalence study. The study population was the births that occurred in Puerto Rico during the years 2016-2019.  The sampling was non-probabilistic, for convenience and the sample consisted of 272 women.  The instrument used to collect the information was a questionnaire developed by Bohren et al. (2019) and adapted to Puerto Rico by the researcher. Descriptive analyses of the manifestations of obstetric violence were performed, which allowed women to be divided into the group with the most exposure and the group with the least exposure to manifestations of obstetric violence.  In the bivariate analysis, a Chi-square test was performed compared to the manifestations of obstetric violence.  The results were not statistically significant.  This shows that the manifestations of obstetric violence are similar in both groups.

She holds a Doctor Degree in Public Health with a specialty in Epidemiology from Ponce Health and Sciences University and a master’s degree in clinical social work from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. She has conducted several investigations including in 2009: “Perception of third- and fourth-year students of Social Work of the PUCPR on conflict mediation as an alternative in divorce situations”.  Her research at the master level developed during 2013 is entitled: “Relationship between childhood abuse, levels of self-esteem and the development of distorted thoughts about women and violence in a sample of domestic violence aggressors”. At the doctoral level, he worked during 2020: “Prevalence of manifestations of obstetric violence in Puerto Rico for the years 2016-2019”. In 2023 she collaborated in chapter 6: "The family as an incubator of aggressors" of the book The Household as a Human Capital Incubator" She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico and since July 2020 she is an Epidemiologist of the Municipal COVID-19 Tracking System