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assessment of women's perception regarding domestic violence

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Community Health Nursing.

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ABSTRACT: Domestic violence is a serious public health problem that is internationally recognized due to its magnitude and the consequences on women's health and widely recognized as a serious violation of human right. Aim: The study aimed to assess women's perception regarding domestic violence. Design: A quasi-experimental design was applied in this study. Sample: convenient sample was equal 139 women. Setting: Association affiliated to social affairs (local society development association "women protection project" at Minia City. Tools: one tool was used, interviewing questionnaire covering four parts. Part1 demographic characteristic of women and their husbands, part 2 women's knowledge about domestic violence, part 3 women's attitude regarding domestic violence and part 4 women's reported practice. Results: The study results revealed that 57.6% of the studied women had poor knowledge regarding domestic violence, 75.5% had negative attitude regarding domestic violence and 48% of women had moderate level of exposure to domestic violence. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between total knowledge scores among studied women and their attitude scores. While there was highly significant negative correlation between total knowledge scores attitude scores among studied women and their reported practice scores. Also there was highly significant negative correlation between total practice and total attitude scores. Recommendations: Periodic teaching courses for women about hazards and health effects of domestic violence.

DOI

10.21608/hijnrp.2023.187349.1061

Keywords

violence, Domestic violence, Women’s perception

Authors

First Name

مايسة

Last Name

على

MiddleName

حسان

Affiliation

CAIRO

Email

mismaysa.m@gmail.com

City

جمهورية مصر العربية-القاهرة

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Volume

2

Article Issue

3

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42146

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-01-14

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

134

Page End

151

Print ISSN

2735-5799

Online ISSN

2786-0183

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Scientific Research Periodical

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1,926

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Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice

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assessment of women's perception regarding domestic violence

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28 Dec 2024