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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sadrivaan A and B (The Hilton Istanbul Hotel )
Objective
Violence against women is violation of human rights and one of the most important health problems of 20th century. In this study, it is aimed to determine the status and influencing factors of domestic violence in women working in a medical school having different educational levels.
Method
Population of this descriptive cross-sectional study is 574 women working in a medical school. All of them had been taken to study and 89.2% of them were interviewed. Data were collected by a questionnaire including 42 questions in May 1-15 2008. Chi square test was used in statistical analyses.
Results
Of the women 49.2% were married, 26.0% were academic staffs, 37.3% were nurses, 36.3% were secretaries and other workers. The prevalence of psychological, physical, economic and sexual violence at least one time was 91.8%, 19.0%, 22.9% and 4.2% respectively for the women who were married or had partner. If women’s educational levels increased, economic and sexual violence decreased (p<0.05), but it did not affect psychological and physical violence (p>0.05). If husband/partner was a hard drinker, it increased economic, physical, sexual violence (p<0.05) and if husband/partner were gambling, it increased economic and physical violence (p<0.05). If profession status of women improves, psychological, economic and sexual violence decreased (p<0.05) but it didn’t affect physical violence (p>0.05). If women described their men/partners as calm, psychological, economic and physical violence decreased significantly (p<0.05), but calmness or nervousness were not effective on sexual violence (p>0.05).
Conclusion
Although, prevalence of violence is relatively lower than the other studies, domestic violence especially psychological violence was an important problem in our study despite all the women were working. Educational level of men was not a significant factor in our study, so improving women’s educational levels and providing their economic independency are seen the most important intervention areas to lessen the violence.
Violence against women is violation of human rights and one of the most important health problems of 20th century. In this study, it is aimed to determine the status and influencing factors of domestic violence in women working in a medical school having different educational levels.
Method
Population of this descriptive cross-sectional study is 574 women working in a medical school. All of them had been taken to study and 89.2% of them were interviewed. Data were collected by a questionnaire including 42 questions in May 1-15 2008. Chi square test was used in statistical analyses.
Results
Of the women 49.2% were married, 26.0% were academic staffs, 37.3% were nurses, 36.3% were secretaries and other workers. The prevalence of psychological, physical, economic and sexual violence at least one time was 91.8%, 19.0%, 22.9% and 4.2% respectively for the women who were married or had partner. If women’s educational levels increased, economic and sexual violence decreased (p<0.05), but it did not affect psychological and physical violence (p>0.05). If husband/partner was a hard drinker, it increased economic, physical, sexual violence (p<0.05) and if husband/partner were gambling, it increased economic and physical violence (p<0.05). If profession status of women improves, psychological, economic and sexual violence decreased (p<0.05) but it didn’t affect physical violence (p>0.05). If women described their men/partners as calm, psychological, economic and physical violence decreased significantly (p<0.05), but calmness or nervousness were not effective on sexual violence (p>0.05).
Conclusion
Although, prevalence of violence is relatively lower than the other studies, domestic violence especially psychological violence was an important problem in our study despite all the women were working. Educational level of men was not a significant factor in our study, so improving women’s educational levels and providing their economic independency are seen the most important intervention areas to lessen the violence.
Learning Objectives: Violence against women is violation of human rights and one of the most important health problems of 20th century. In this study, it is aimed to determine the status and influencing factors of domestic violence in women working in a medical school having different educational levels.
Sub-Theme: Gender discrimination and violence against women