Nurse Training in Gender-Based Violence Using Simulated Nursing Video Consultations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious global public health problem that becomes aggravated during public health emergencies that involve quarantine measures. It is important to train nursing students on GBV, especially in vulnerable situations, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of our study is to explore the perceptions of third-year nursing students about simulated nursing video consultations for providing assistance to potential cases of GBV victims using a high-fidelity clinical simulation methodology. After all of the simulated scenarios were completed, 48 scripted interviews were carried out following a guide composed of four open-ended questions to facilitate in-depth discussion. A descriptive qualitative study based on the interpretative paradigm was conducted. The nursing students indicated that they improved their knowledge on GBV victim management (mainly their awareness of the problem, recognition of the role of nursing professionals, and performance of non-technical skills), although they also mentioned the need for continuous training (particularly in socio-emotional skills, interview techniques, a holistic nursing care approach, and not presupposing). This innovative high-fidelity simulation methodology allows nursing students to improve their awareness of the GBV problem, acquire a realistic view about their role in addressing GBV, and build their non-technical skills (such as active listening, communication skills, empathy, and generating confidence) required to adequately care for victims of GBV.

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Gender-Based Violence in Adolescent Dating from a Medical Perspective: A Qualitative Study of the Needs Felt in Primary Healthcare Centres

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare10010017 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

Isabel Cuadrado-Gordillo ◽

Guadalupe Martín-Mora Parra

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Primary Healthcare ◽

Practical Knowledge ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Effective Prevention ◽

Adolescent Dating ◽

Comprehensive Intervention ◽

Gender Based ◽

The Moment

Violence in adolescent dating has become a worrying public health problem. Research carried out on the issue has focused on identifying the causes of this phenomenon. However, difficulties have been found in designing and implementing effective prevention programs. In this context, primary healthcare physicians are one of the most important figures in screening for and detecting this phenomenon, since, in many cases, they are the first to have contact with the victims. The present study focuses on the qualitative analysis of a series of interviews carried out with 95 primary healthcare physicians in Extremadura, Spain. These interviews addressed various questions related to the theoretical and practical knowledge that the physicians have about the topic. The analysis of their responses reveals some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Spanish public health system, at the same time as pointing to what is needed to be able to improve comprehensive intervention for the victims, from the moment they arrive for their first consultation until they are treated and referred to different health specialists.

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Nursing students' discourses on gender-based violence and their training for a comprehensive healthcare response: A qualitative study

Nurse Education Today ◽

10.1016/j.nedt.2018.06.011 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 68 ◽

pp. 208-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Amaia Maquibar ◽

Anna-Karin Hurtig ◽

Carmen Vives-Cases ◽

Itziar Estalella ◽

Isabel Goicolea

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Gender Based

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Personal Tools and Psychosocial Resources of Resilient Gender-Based Violence Women

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18168306 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (16) ◽

pp. 8306

Author(s):

Rebeca García Montes ◽

Inmaculada Corral Liria ◽

Raquel Jimenez Fernandez ◽

Rocío Rodriguez Vázquez ◽

Ricardo Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Social Network ◽

Women Survivors ◽

Health Problem ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Social Resources ◽

Gender Violence ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Support Mechanisms ◽

Gender Based

Gender-based violence is considered a serious social and public health problem. Overcoming this situation implies a process that results in the favorable biopsychosocial rehabilitation of the resilience of women. The objective of this study was to analyze the tools, resources and personal and psychosocial mechanisms used by women survivors of gender-based violence. The design was an interpretative phenomenology. It was carried out with 22 women who have overcome gender-based violence. Data were collected through personal interviews and narration. The results were grouped into four themes: “Process of violence”, “Social resources for coping and overcoming GBV”, “Personal tools for coping and overcoming GBV” and “Feelings identified, from the abuse stage to the survival stage”. Several studies concluded that overcoming abuse is influenced by the women’s social network, and it can be the action of these people determining their survival to gender violence. Despite the recognized usefulness of these available resources, it would be desirable to strengthen them in order to be able to drive more women toward survival, assuming a strengthening of coping and overcoming, without forgetting the importance of other support mechanisms, such as their family and group therapies.

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Services for refugees subject to sexual and gender-based violence in Turkey and Sweden

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckz186.030 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽

Author(s):

S Ozcurumez ◽

S Akyuz ◽

H Bradby

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Social Care ◽

Service Providers ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Care Providers ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Health And Social Care ◽

Gender Based ◽

And Gender

Abstract Background Sexual and gender-based violence affects an unknown proportion of Syrians seeking refuge from the ongoing conflict. Exile implies a vulnerability to gendered harms with consequent health effects over the short- and long-term. Services for refugees tend to presume physical gendered harms accruing to women prior to exile, with little attention paid to the effects on refugees’ settlement in the new society. Methods Interviews with health and social care providers of services to refugees in Sweden (n = 20) and Turkey (n = 20), including international organisations, non-government agencies, municipal and other statutory agents. Results Definitions of sexual and gender-based violence that inform service delivery vary greatly between health and social care service providers, with these definitions proving critical for how services are configured and provided. Service providers may consider longer-term health problems arising from refugees’ experience of sexual and gender-based violence, but refugees’ prospects of integration are rarely explicitly addressed. Refugees’ own views on their health and social care needs do not inform the design or development of service provision. Conclusions The experience of sexual and gender-based violence by refugees from Syria is widely recognised among health and social care providers in Turkey and Sweden. However, the experience of such violence is rarely addressed as a public health problem, that is, as a social determinant of ill health and, furthermore, an impediment to successful integration. The long-term, ill effects of sexual and gender-based violence, as seen over the lifecourse, are over-looked when considering refugees. Key messages Services for refugees who have been subject to sexual and gender-based violence vary in terms of how that violence is understood and which of its outcomes are addressed. Sexual and gender-based violence when experienced by refugees is rarely seen as a public health problem.

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Satisfaction and Beliefs on Gender-Based Violence: A Training Program of Mexican Nursing Students Based on Simulated Video Consultations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182312284 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (23) ◽

pp. 12284

Author(s):

Diana Jiménez-Rodríguez ◽

Oscar Arrogante ◽

Maravillas Giménez-Fernández ◽

Magdalena Gómez-Díaz ◽

Nery Guerrero Mojica ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Training Program ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Gender Violence ◽

Management Skills ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Undergraduate Nursing ◽

Gender Based

The increase in gender-based violence in light of the COVID-19 pandemic is a public health problem that needs to be addressed. Our study aimed to describe the satisfaction with a training program in gender violence victim’s attention through simulated nursing video consultations, analyze the beliefs on gender violence in Mexican undergraduate nursing students, and understand the skills that need to be improved. A descriptive cross-sectional study using a mixed-method was carried out with 27 students using a validated satisfaction questionnaire (quantitative data) and conducting scripted interviews (qualitative data) analyzed through the interpretive paradigm. All nursing students expressed a high overall satisfaction with simulated nursing video consultations and positive perceptions about this training program. From the students’ perceptions, three first-level categories and their related second-level and specific categories emerged: belief and myths, skills to improve, and learning improvements. A training program in gender violence victim’s attention through simulated nursing video consultations, in the middle of a pandemic, was a satisfactory experience for nursing students and beneficial for them, as they gained new knowledge and socioemotional skills. This training program mainly improved the acquisition of communication and emotional management skills for an adequate gender violence victim’s attention.

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Honour based violence as a global public health problem: a critical review of literature

International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare ◽

10.1108/ijhrh-10-2015-0032 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 198-215 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sadiq Bhanbhro ◽

Anna Cronin de Chavez ◽

Adelaide Lusambili

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Research Policy ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Well Being ◽

Health Concern ◽

Global Public Health ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Content Type ◽

Gender Based ◽

Health And Well Being

Purpose “Honour”-based violence (HBV), a form of gender-based violence (GBV), has received increasing interest from media, human rights organisations, academics and the public. A significant increase in the occurrence and reporting of HBV in many parts of the world and its detrimental impact on the health and well-being of women, girls, communities and wider society; marks it as a major public health concern. However, awareness and recognition of HBV in the field of public health is low in many countries and there is little known about its nature, roots and distribution. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The literature was searched using the Scopus database and a series of search terms related to HBV, GBV and health and well-being. Findings Definition of HBV and its forms is varied across cultures. There is a lack of consensus on how HBV can be identified over other forms of violence and no explicit theoretical perspectives have been sufficiently developed to deepen the understanding of HBV. Although the findings from the review suggest that HBV forms and patterns may be regionally distinct, causes emanate from gender-based and socio-economic inequalities. Research limitations/implications This review has limitations in that it included only English and Spanish language papers and those accessed through Scopus; it therefore may have excluded papers from other languages, countries and databases. Another major weakness in this review was a lack of papers specifically dedicated to HBV. Despite these weaknesses the paper is an attempt to raise awareness and recognition of HBV in public health research, policy and practice domain. Originality/value The findings from the review highlight the complexity of tackling HBV in a globalised world. They also provide insights on how a public health model can be used to analyse both the causes and prevention of HBV. Further, a non-culturalised, unprejudiced and inclusive definition is required to flag-up and record HBV cases.

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Feasibility and acceptability of a universal screening and referral protocol for gender-based violence with women seeking care in health clinics in Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya

Global Mental Health ◽

10.1017/gmh.2017.18 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. Vu ◽

A. L. Wirtz ◽

S. Bundgaard ◽

A. Nair ◽

G. Luttah ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Universal Screening ◽

Service Providers ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Global Public Health ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Health Clinics ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Screening Protocol ◽

Gender Based

Background.Gender-based violence (GBV) is both a global public health problem and violation of human rights. Refugees and internally displaced persons experience an increased risk of GBV and health outcomes associated with GBV are often exacerbated in conflict settings.Methods.A mixed methods study to examine the feasibility and acceptability of universal screening for GBV in a refugee population in the Dadaab refugee camp of Kenya, using the ASIST-GBV from January to July 2015.Results.Of 9366 women offered screening at International Rescue Committee health clinics, about 89% (n = 8369) female refugees consented to participate. Only 15% of the potentially eligible population could participate in GBV screening because of the ongoing struggle to identify private space in the clinics. Over 85% of women reported being ‘willing’ or ‘very willing’ to participate in GBV screening; 96% felt they had a good or very good experience with the screening protocol. Qualitative findings stressed the importance of securing a room/space in the busy clinic is critical to universal screening with referral to safe and confidential services for survivors.Conclusions.The findings suggest that the evidence-based ASIST-GBV is both feasible to implement and acceptable to both providers and women seeking care. Universal GBV screening and referral is an effective way for health care and service providers in humanitarian settings to assist survivors of GBV.

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Taking action on violence through research, policy, and practice

10.32920/14642148.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ilene Hyman ◽

Mandana Vahabi ◽

Annette Bailey ◽

Sejal Patel ◽

Sepali Guruge ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Social Norms ◽

Violence Prevention ◽

Community Violence ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Research Policy ◽

Structural Violence ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Gender Based

Background Violence is a critical public health problem associated with compromised health and social suffering that are preventable. The Centre for Global Health and Health Equity organized a forum in 2014 to identify: (1) priority issues related to violence affecting different population groups in Canada, and (2) strategies to take action on priority issues to reduce violence-related health inequities in Canada. In this paper, we present findings from the roundtable discussions held at the Forum, offer insights on the socio-political implications of these findings, and provide recommendations for action to reduce violence through research, policy and practice. Methods Over 60 academic researchers, health and social service agency staff, community advocates and graduate students attended the daylong Forum, which included presentations on structural violence, community violence, gender-based violence, and violence against marginalized groups. Detailed notes taken at the roundtables were analyzed by the first author using a thematic analysis technique. Findings The thematic analysis identified four thematic areas: 1) structural violence perpetuates interpersonal violence - the historical, social, political and economic marginalization that contributes to personal and community violence. 2) social norms of gender-based violence—the role of dominant social norms in perpetuating the practice of violence, especially towards women, children and older adults; 3) violence prevention and mitigation programs—the need for policy and programming to address violence at the individual/interpersonal, community, and societal levels; and 4) research gaps—the need for comprehensive research evidence made up of systematic reviews, community-based intervention and evaluation of implementation research to identify effective programming to address violence. Conclusions The proceedings from the Global Health and Health Equity Forum underscored the importance of recognizing violence as a public health issue that requires immediate and meaningful communal and structural investment to break its historic cycles. Based on our thematic analysis and literature review, four recommendations are offered: (1) Support and adopt policies to prevent or reduce structural violence; (2) Adopt multi-pronged strategies to transform dominant social norms associated with violence; (3) Establish standards and ensure adequate funding for violence prevention programs and services; and (4) Fund higher level ecological research on violence prevention and mitigation.

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