Violencia contra la mujer: conocimiento y actitud del personal médico del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Morelos, México
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| contents | Violencia contra la mujer: conocimiento y actitud del personal médico del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Morelos, México Leonor Rivera Jorge Salmerón Pablo Méndez Leonardo Viniegra Rosario Valdez Salud Mexico attitudes awareness physicians battered women Objective. To asses the affective, cognitive, and behavioralattitudes of healthcare providers at the Mexican Instituteof Social Security (MISS) in Morelos, Mexico; to identify theinstitutional and medical practice barriers that hinder screeningand reference of battered women. Material and Methods.A cross-sectional study was conducted betweenSeptember and December 1999. A self-administered questionnairewas applied to 269 general practitioners, specialists,and pre- and postdoctoral students working in 30primary and secondary level of healthcare units in MorelosState. The data collection instrument was designed to assesshealthcare providers knowledge of and attitudestowards domestic violence during medical office visits. Aknowledge index was constructed and analyzed using multivariateregression methods. Results. Ninety percent ofhealthcare providers had never received training on violenceagainst women. Healthcare providers affective and cognitiveattitudes after receiving training on the subject matterwere more favorable compared to those with no training.Favorable attitudes were directly related to the number of training sessions. Most participants (63%) showed a moderatedegree of knowledge on the subject, whereas 21% wereslightly knowledgeable and 16% were highly knowledgeable.Medical personnel with a moderate or high level of knowledgewere 2.1 and 6 times more likely, respectively, to havefavorable attitudes than those with a low degree of knowledge.Female physicians showed more favorable attitudestowards identifying and referring battered women. Medicalpersonnel interested in further training on the subject ofviolence against women were 7.6 times more likely to showfavorable attitudes than personnel not interested on thesubject. Conclusions. Healthcare providers were not sufficientlyable to assess and manage battered women. Generaland family practitioners were more interested in beingtrained, as compared with specialist physicians. Training onviolence against women should be included in graduate medical,nursing, social service, psychology, and other publichealth areas. The English version of this paper is available at:http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html 2003 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10645607 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.6 Vol.45 |
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| spellingShingle | Violencia contra la mujer: conocimiento y actitud del personal médico del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Morelos, México Leonor Rivera Salud Mexico attitudes awareness physicians battered women Violencia contra la mujer: conocimiento y actitud del personal médico del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Morelos, México Leonor Rivera Jorge Salmerón Pablo Méndez Leonardo Viniegra Rosario Valdez Salud Mexico attitudes awareness physicians battered women Objective. To asses the affective, cognitive, and behavioralattitudes of healthcare providers at the Mexican Instituteof Social Security (MISS) in Morelos, Mexico; to identify theinstitutional and medical practice barriers that hinder screeningand reference of battered women. Material and Methods.A cross-sectional study was conducted betweenSeptember and December 1999. A self-administered questionnairewas applied to 269 general practitioners, specialists,and pre- and postdoctoral students working in 30primary and secondary level of healthcare units in MorelosState. The data collection instrument was designed to assesshealthcare providers knowledge of and attitudestowards domestic violence during medical office visits. Aknowledge index was constructed and analyzed using multivariateregression methods. Results. Ninety percent ofhealthcare providers had never received training on violenceagainst women. Healthcare providers affective and cognitiveattitudes after receiving training on the subject matterwere more favorable compared to those with no training.Favorable attitudes were directly related to the number of training sessions. Most participants (63%) showed a moderatedegree of knowledge on the subject, whereas 21% wereslightly knowledgeable and 16% were highly knowledgeable.Medical personnel with a moderate or high level of knowledgewere 2.1 and 6 times more likely, respectively, to havefavorable attitudes than those with a low degree of knowledge.Female physicians showed more favorable attitudestowards identifying and referring battered women. Medicalpersonnel interested in further training on the subject ofviolence against women were 7.6 times more likely to showfavorable attitudes than personnel not interested on thesubject. Conclusions. Healthcare providers were not sufficientlyable to assess and manage battered women. Generaland family practitioners were more interested in beingtrained, as compared with specialist physicians. Training onviolence against women should be included in graduate medical,nursing, social service, psychology, and other publichealth areas. The English version of this paper is available at:http://www.insp.mx/salud/index.html 2003 artículo científico 0036-3634 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10645607 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=106 Salud Pública de México application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Salud Pública de México (México) Num.6 Vol.45 |
| title | Violencia contra la mujer: conocimiento y actitud del personal médico del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Morelos, México |
| topic | Salud Mexico attitudes awareness physicians battered women |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=10645607 |