The impact of violence against women courses on the attitudes of nursing students toward violence against women and their professional roles
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2021
Yazarlar: Ruşen ÖZTÜRK
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2021, cilt 52, ss 1-9
Özet
<p>This study determines whether the inclusion of violence against women (VAW) education in nursing curricula would improve attitudes and professional help toward victims of violence. Research was carried out as cross- sectional and comparative quasi-experimental study. The research included 524 students; 262 students were trained and 262 were untrained. Data were collected using the Sociodemographic and Personal Charaterics Form, Attitude toward Violence Scale (AVS), and Attitude toward Occupational Roles in Violence Scale (AORVS). The overall average AVS score of students was 30.81 ±8.68 and overall average AORVS score was 25.50 ±6.86. There were significant differences in AVS scores and AORVS scores between the experimental and control groups. The scale and sub-dimension mean scores of the students who received the course were significantly lower; it was determined that obtaining low scores reflected divergence from traditionalism and increase in modern opinions in the evaluation of the scales. It is clear that undergraduate courses are an ideal opportunity to initiate changes in attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) and equip graduates with comprehensive knowledge of IPV. This study demonstrates that meeting professional and information needs about VAW by revising nursing curricula is important. 1. Introduction Violence against women (VAW) constitutes both a serious violation of human rights as well as an important public health problem requiring urgent resolution. Intimate partner violence (IPV), also referred to as domestic violence, is one of the most common forms of VAW (WHO, 2012; WHO, 2013; WHO, 2017). The WHO defines VAW as “behavior performed by an intimate partner that causes physical, sexual, or psy-chological harm, including physical aggression, sexual oppression, psychological abuse and control behavior” (WHO, 2013). Violence can occur across all socioeconomic, religious and cultural, racial and ethnic, and sexual orientation groups, regardless of income level or social sta-tus. VAW prevents full and equal participation socially and economi-cally (Paluzzi et al. 2000; The Ministry of Family and Social Policies 2016; WHO, 2012). The WHO reports that approximately one-third of women (35%) worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence during their lifetimes. Globally, 38% of killings of women are committed by male partners (WHO, 2012; WHO, 2013; WHO, 2017). In Turkey, according to the Study on Violence Against Women (2014), 36% of women are subject to physical violence during their lifetimes, 44% experience emotional violence, and 12% experience sexual violence; moreover, 44% of women have no one to talk to about the violence they undergo (The Ministry of Family and Social Policies, 2016). Violence has negative effects on the physical and mental health of women, prevents their active participation in professional life (Tamba ˆg and Turan, 2015) and extends to lead workplace violence. Thus, there is a strong intersection between domestic and workplace violence because domestic violence is not restricted to the home; it can affect the workplace as well. (Public Servives health & Safety Association, 2010; Savard and Kennedy, 2013). IPV also negatively affects the physical and mental health of women, resulting in direct physical injury and other chronic health problems indirectly caused by prolonged stress (G ´omez-Fern ´andez et al., 2017). Female victims of violence are much more likely to experience various health problems, such as sexually transmitted infections and depression. They are also more likely to experience miscarriages or give birth to babies with low birthweights (Doran and Hutchinson, 2017; Paluzzi et al., 2000; WHO, 2015). As is clearly demonstrated, spousal abuse has a negative effect on women’s mental and physical health. As such, women who have experienced abuse use health services almost thrice as much as women who have not (Di Giacomo et al., 2017; WHO, 2013). However, although victims of abuse frequently interact with physicians, nurses, and other primary E-mail addresses: rusen.ozturk@ege.edu.tr, rusenozturk85@gmail.com. Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Nurse Education in Practice journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/14715953 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103032 Received 10 September 2020; Received in revised form 8 March 2021; Accepted 15 March 2021 </p><div><br></div>