Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Διεθνής Ιατρική-Διαχείριση Κρίσεων ΥγείαςLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Vouvaki Artemis-Agapi
Supervisors info:
Καραβόκυρος Ιωάννης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Κοντός Μιχάλης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Γεωργόπουλος Σωτήριος, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η ανάγκη για νοσηλευτική εξειδίκευση στο φαινόμενο της σεξουαλικής βίας: Γνώσεις, αντιλήψεις και πρακτικές του νοσηλευτικού προσωπικού στην αναγνώριση και διαχείριση σχετικών περιστατικών
Translated title:
The need for nursing specialization in sexual violence in Greece: Nurses’ knowledge, perspectives and practices regarding identification and management of these cases
Summary:
INTRODUCTION: Sexual violence comprises a crucial public health issue inducing multiple consequences to survivors. Recently, its handling seems to be increasingly introduced to global health agenda mainly regarding protocols’ development and reinforcement of health care workers’ response. For decades, many countries have aimed at nursing specialization for the management of these cases, having identified sexual violence as a phenomenon which needs dedicated care, careful manipulations and cross-disciplinary approach.
AIM: The survey aims to assess if nurses in Greece have been introduced to the necessary knowledge and have developed skills with which they can manage efficiently cases of sexual violence. Following this, the assignment attempts to analyze to what extent the need of nursing specialization regarding sexual violence exists.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2022. A questionnaire was posted on the web for the purpose of data collection. The sample, defined as convenience sample, consists of 109 nurses regardless of their work position.
RESULTS: According to the survey’s findings, 79.7% of the sample hasn’t had any contact with sexual violence cases. Among those who suspected that a patient may had confronted sexual violence, only 53.2% have tried to investigate the case further. 85.4% of nurses indicate that they are not aware of any related protocol and 73.4% haven’t received pertinent education. Our findings also confirm that though biases against sexual violence survivors do exist, these are not dominant. Lastly, 90.8% of participants consider sexual violence as an important issue of public health and express the need for further education.
CONCLUSION: In Greece, a deficient involvement of nurses regarding sexual violence is observed. This fact seems to constitute a reasonable consequence of fragmentary knowledge resources together with the lack of an integrated intervention planning. These gaps which hinder the identification and the efficient management of these cases compose significant facts that necessitate a contemporary framework of nursing specialization.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Sexual violence, Nursing care, Nursing specialization
