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Affiliation
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Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Sociomedical Institute, Novi trg 2, 1000Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: Domestic violence is recognized as a public health problem with a high prevalence in the general population. Healthcare professionals play an important role in the recognition and treatment of domestic violence. Hence, conducting research on factors that facilitate or inhibit appropriate actions by healthcare professionals is of the upmost importance. The objective of the study was to examine the relationship between healthcare professionals' attitudes toward the acceptability of domestic violence and their responses when dealing with victims of domestic violence.
METHODS: The sample consisted of 322 healthcare professionals (physicians, dentists, nursing staff and other healthcare workers; 85.2% female), who completed a questionnaire, assessing their attitudes towards domestic violence, experience, behaviour and perceived barriers in recognizing and treating domestic violence in the health care sector. The study was cross-sectional and used availability sampling.
RESULTS: The results showed no significant differences in domestic violence acceptability attitudes when comparing groups of healthcare professionals who reported low or high frequency of domestic violence cases encounters. Furthermore, we found that domestic violence acceptability attitudes were negatively associated with action taking when the frequency of encounters with domestic violence cases was high and medium. However, the attitudes were not associated with action taking when the frequency of encounters with domestic violence cases was low.
CONCLUSIONS: The results highlight the important role of attitudes in action taking of healthcare professionals when it comes to domestic violence. This indicates the need for educational interventions that specifically target healthcare professionals' attitudes towards domestic violence. IZHODIŠČA: Nasilje v družini (NVD) je javnozdravstveni problem, ki ga označuje visoka prevalenca v splošni populaciji. Zdravstveno osebje ima pomembno vlogo pri prepoznavi in obravnavi NVD. Posledično je raziskovanje faktorjev, ki prispevajo k primernim odzivom zdravstvenega osebja ob prepoznanem NVD, ključnega pomena.Namen te študije je bil preveriti odnos med stališči zdravstvenega osebja o sprejemljivosti nasilja v družini in njihovimi odzivi ob obravnavi žrtev NVD. METODA: Končni vzorec je sestavljalo 322 strokovnjakov s področja zdravstva (zdravniki, zobozdravniki, osebje zdravstvene nege in ostali delavci v zdravstvu; 85,2 % žensk). Udeleženci so izpolnili vprašalnik, ki je ocenjeval njihova stališča do NVD, izkušnje, odzive in zaznane ovire pri obravnavi NVD v zdravstvu. Študija je bila prečna. Vključen je bil priložnostni vzorec. REZULTATI: Rezultati niso pokazali pomembnih razlik v stališčih o sprejemljivosti nasilja, ko smo primerjali skupine zdravstvenih delavcev, ki se z nasiljem srečujejo pogosto, ter tiste, ki se z obravnavo NVD srečujejo redko.Rezultati so pokazali tudi, da se stališča o sprejemljivosti NVD negativno povezujejo z ustreznimi odzivi zdravstvenega osebja pri obravnavi žrtev NVD. Ta odnos je bil najbolj izražen v primerih, ko se je zdravstveno osebje z žrtvami NVD srečevalo bolj pogosto. Stališča o sprejemljivosti NVD se z odzivi zdravstvenega osebja niso pomembno povezovala v primerih, ko je zdravstveno osebje poročalo o redkih oziroma neobstoječih stikih z NVD v njihovi praksi. ZAKLJUČKI: Rezultati nakazujejo na pomembno vlogo stališč o sprejemljivosti nasilja pri ustreznem odzivu zdravstvenega osebja ob obravnavi žrtev NVD. To nakazuje na potrebo po izobraževanjih, ki se specifično ukvarjajo s stališči zdravstvenega osebja do NVD.
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