TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Primary care nurses' challenges, opportunities, and facilitators of elder abuse intervention in Malaysia
JO  - Public health nursing
A1  - Mydin, Fadzilah Hanum Mohd
A1  - Othman, Sajaratulnisah
A1  - Choo, Wan Yuen
A1  - Hairi, Noran Naqiah Mohd
A1  - Hairi, Farizah Mohd
A1  - Ali, Zainudin
A1  - Aziz, Suriyati Abdul
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVEs To explore the views of nurses on challenges, perceived roles and improvement strategies concerning elder abuse intervention in Malaysia. Design and sample Eleven focus group discussions were conducted using a semi-structured interview based on the socio-ecological framework. The data were analyzed using a multistep process of thematic analysis. <br><br>RESULTS Three themes emerged from the data analysis: (1) The predicament: being unwilling or not able to intervene (2) Bridging the older people and health system gap (3) Getting to grips with the barriers. There are multifactorial contributors identified at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community and policy levels in each theme. These factors interact across the levels to influence nurses' capability to intervene in elder abuse. <br><br>CONCLUSION A framework is needed to articulate Malaysian nurses' role in elder abuse intervention in terms of personal and professional development through culturally sensitive education and the establishment of clinical guidelines in the primary care setting. Strengthening organizational support and the institution of national policy and permissive reporting laws of elder abuse will empower the primary care nurses to address elder abuse in primary care settings and communities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0737-1209
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phn.12961
ID  - ref1
ER  -