TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender-based violence
T2 - A five country, cross-sectional survey of health and social care students’ experience, knowledge and confidence in dealing with the issue
AU - Bradbury-Jones, Caroline
AU - Hallett, Nutmeg
AU - Sammut, Dana
AU - Billings, Helen
AU - Hegarty, Kelsey
AU - Kishchenko, Svetlana
AU - Kuruppu, Jacqueline
AU - McFeely, Clare
AU - McGarry, Julie
AU - Sheridan, Janie
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Health and social care professionals are well placed to identify and respond to those affected by gender-based violence; yet students across a range of health disciplines describe a lack of knowledge, preparation and confidence in dealing with the issue. Our study aimed to explore health and social care students’ perceptions of their own knowledge and confidence on the subject of gender-based violence, recollections of gender-based violence learning opportunities through university and clinical placements, and opinions about the content of future e-learning curricula on the subject. We designed and implemented a multinational, cross-sectional survey across six universities from five countries: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Scotland. Responses were obtained from 377 students across seven health and social care disciplines. Principally, the study found that students were underprepared in their professional programmes in terms of dealing with gender-based violence. Many students had witnessed or heard about cases of gender-based violence on clinical placement, but reported feeling generally unconfident in dealing with the issue. Regarding future e-learning, students indicated that content should be inclusive and relate directly to clinical practice. We argue that there is a universal need for health care education programmes to include the issue of gender-based violence in curricula.
AB - Health and social care professionals are well placed to identify and respond to those affected by gender-based violence; yet students across a range of health disciplines describe a lack of knowledge, preparation and confidence in dealing with the issue. Our study aimed to explore health and social care students’ perceptions of their own knowledge and confidence on the subject of gender-based violence, recollections of gender-based violence learning opportunities through university and clinical placements, and opinions about the content of future e-learning curricula on the subject. We designed and implemented a multinational, cross-sectional survey across six universities from five countries: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Scotland. Responses were obtained from 377 students across seven health and social care disciplines. Principally, the study found that students were underprepared in their professional programmes in terms of dealing with gender-based violence. Many students had witnessed or heard about cases of gender-based violence on clinical placement, but reported feeling generally unconfident in dealing with the issue. Regarding future e-learning, students indicated that content should be inclusive and relate directly to clinical practice. We argue that there is a universal need for health care education programmes to include the issue of gender-based violence in curricula.
KW - gender-based violence
KW - health
KW - social care
KW - students
KW - survey
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/jgbv/pre-prints/content-jgbvd1900048#
U2 - 10.1332/239868020X15850132209691
DO - 10.1332/239868020X15850132209691
M3 - Article
SN - 2398-6808
VL - 5
SP - 129
EP - 147
JO - Journal of Gender-Based Violence
JF - Journal of Gender-Based Violence
IS - 1
ER -