@article{ref1,
title="Inclusion of intimate partner violence-related content within undergraduate health care professional curriculum: mixed methods study of academics' attitudes and beliefs",
journal="Contemporary nurse",
year="2018",
author="Lovi, Renee and Hutchinson, Marie and Hurley, John",
volume="54",
number="6",
pages="592-602",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Undergraduate preparation is important in ensuring health care professionals are prepared to identify and respond to intimate partner violence (IPV). Previous studies confirm this education is highly variable and IPV-related content remains marginalised in undergraduate nursing, midwifery and paramedicine curricula. <br><br>AIM: To investigate frontline academics' attitudes and beliefs in relation to the inclusion of IPV-related content in the aforementioned degrees. <br><br>DESIGN: A large multi-phase mixed methods Australian case study of Australian undergraduate nursing, midwifery and paramedicine degrees. In this paper, components of the survey and interviews from this study will be reported on. <br><br>METHODS: Quantitative comparative analysis of a 51-item on-line survey and qualitative thematic analysis of guided conversational interviews. <br><br>RESULTS: Across Australian universities IPV remains poorly embedded in nursing, midwifery and paramedicine programmes. Academics report a range of barriers to such inclusion, including an already overcrowded curriculum, a lack of confident and competent academics to teach this content area and a lack of support for this content inclusion. One factor statistically significant in its association with non-inclusion of IPV-related content was academic attitudes of professional role resistance. Gender was also identified as a significant factor associated with non-inclusion and resistant professional attitudes. Qualitative interviews revealed that only six of the 18 participants identified IPV-related care as within their scope of practice, with professional role resistance a common theme identified. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Though professional organisation and policy makers now advocate for the inclusion of IPV-related content in the undergraduate preparation of nurses and midwives, work remains to address gendered and resistant attitudes amongst academics.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1037-6178",
doi="10.1080/10376178.2018.1530946",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2018.1530946"
}