Volume 55, Issue 2 pp. 210-217
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The effect of a course on violence against women on the attitudes of student midwives and nurses towards domestic violence against women, their occupational roles in addressing violence, and their abilities to recognize the signs of violence

Aslı Sis Çelik RN, PhD

Corresponding Author

Aslı Sis Çelik RN, PhD

Department of Birth, Women Health and Gynecology Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

Correspondence Aslı Sis Çelik, RN, PhD, Deparment of Birth, Women Health and Gynecology Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. Email: [email protected]

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Ayşe Aydın RN, PhD

Ayşe Aydın RN, PhD

Department of Birth, Women Health and Gynecology Nursing, Nursing Faculty, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

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First published: 14 November 2018
Citations: 22

Abstract of manuscript was presented as an oral presentation at 3rd International Congress Different Dimensions of Violence and Social Perception on April 14 to 15, 2017, Kocaeli/Turkey.

Abstract

Aim

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a course on violence against women on the attitudes of student midwives and nurses towards violence against women and their abilities to recognize the signs of violence.

Methods

This study used a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design with experimental and control groups and was conducted with student midwives and nurses.

Results

The results indicated that the difference between pretest and posttest scores averaged across three scales was statistically significant for students in the experimental group (P < 0.001) and not statistically significant for students in the control group ( P > 0.05).

Practice Implications

The traditional attitudes of students who enrolled in the course on violence against women decreased, and their levels of knowledge of signs of violence increased.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

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