PMID: 18724913Aug 30, 2008Paper

Knowledge of and opinions on violence against women among health professionals in specialized care

Enfermería clínica
Ana Belén Arredondo-ProvechoRaquel Roy-Rodríguez

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge of gender violence among health workers/medical staff in specialized healthcare and their opinions on the subject. A further aim was to identify the organizational barriers perceived by these workers and their proposals to enhance the early detection of this phenomenon and care of victims. We performed an observational, cross sectional study based on an anonymous survey of health workers/medical staff working in the pediatrics, obstetrics or emergency departments of two hospitals in health district 8 of Madrid. Overall, health professionals had average knowledge about gender violence. A total of 58.2% believed that physical abuse of women was associated with the lower social classes, while 72.8% believed that victims were uneducated women, housewives or foreigners; 67.6 % believed that aggressors were alcoholic, drug addicted or unemployed men. Almost all health professionals (97.7%) considered that gender violence against women was an important problem that usually went undetected. However, 66.7% did not include this phenomenon in the differential diagnosis of women with physical injuries. Notable among the organizational obstacles identified were workload, lack of training and i...Continue Reading

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Aug 28, 2015·Revista latino-americana de enfermagem·Assumpció Rigol-CuadraDavid Ballester-Ferrando

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