Training Sri Lankan public health midwives on intimate partner violence: a pre- and post-intervention study
| Autor: | Krishna C. Poudel, Achala Upendra Jayatilleke, Kayoko Yoshikawa, Masamine Jimba, Junko Yasuoka, Nilani Fernando, Achini Jayatilleke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Program evaluation medicine.medical_specialty Education Continuing education Poison control Midwifery behavioral disciplines and activities Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Public health midwives Nursing Pregnancy Surveys and Questionnaires mental disorders Training Humans Medicine Sri Lanka business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Public health nursing social sciences Intimate partner violence Public Health Nursing Spouse Abuse Community health population characteristics Female Clinical Competence Biostatistics business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background In many developing countries, intimate partner violence (IPV) training is not available for health providers. As a pioneer among developing countries, in 2009, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health trained a group of community health providers known as public health midwives (PHMs) on IPV. We evaluated that training program’s efficacy in improving PHMs’ identification and management of IPV sufferers in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Methods We conducted this study from August 2009 to September 2010. We used a self-administered structured questionnaire to examine the following variables among 408 PHMs: self-reported IPV practices, IPV knowledge, perceived barriers, perceived responsibility, and self-confidence in identifying and assisting IPV sufferers. We used McNemar’s test to compare PHMs’ pre- and post-intervention IPV practices. Using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, we compared PHMs’ pre-and post-intervention IPV knowledge, as well as their perceived barriers, responsibility, and self-confidence scores. Results The IPV training program improved PHMs’ IPV practices significantly. Six months after the intervention, 98.5% (n = 402) of the 408 PHMs identified at least one IPV sufferer in the previous three months, compared to 73.3% (n = 299) in the pre-intervention (p |
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