A Survey of Nurses’ Perceptions on Child Abuse
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate nurses’ perceptions on child abuse. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, data were collected using a questionnaire and 217 nurses working in seven general hospitals were surveyed. The perception scale was divided into 4 subscales:...
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Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing
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| author | Hae Young Min Shin-Jeong Kim Jung Min Lee So-Ra Kang Ji-eun Lee |
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| description | Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate nurses’ perceptions on child abuse. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, data were collected using a questionnaire and 217 nurses working in seven general hospitals were surveyed. The perception scale was divided into 4 subscales: physical, psychological, sexual abuse and neglect. Results: Nurses who suspected child abuse accounted for 18.1% of the nurses, and 41.9% of the nurses stated that they did not to report suspected child abuse. The nurses reported receiving only a little education about the prevention of child abuse. The mean score for perception on child abuse was high (3.59±0.31). Recognition of sexual abuse ranked highest, psychological abuse ranked lowest. Conclusion: The findings from this research provide baseline information for understanding nurses’ perceptions on child abuse, and may help in the development of appropriate education programs that will enable nurses to report child abuse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a47e15905c545ddaf23605b13146cb52022-12-21T19:40:30ZengKorean Academy of Child Health NursingChild Health Nursing Research2287-91102287-91292017-04-0123222923710.4094/chnr.2017.23.2.2291541A Survey of Nurses’ Perceptions on Child AbuseHae Young Min0Shin-Jeong Kim1Jung Min Lee2So-Ra Kang3Ji-eun Lee4Department of Nursing, Dongguk University Gyeongju, KoreaDivision of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Hallym University, Chuncheon, KoreaDivision of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Hallym University, Chuncheon, KoreaDepartment of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, KoreaDivision of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Science, Hallym University, Chuncheon, KoreaPurpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate nurses’ perceptions on child abuse. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, data were collected using a questionnaire and 217 nurses working in seven general hospitals were surveyed. The perception scale was divided into 4 subscales: physical, psychological, sexual abuse and neglect. Results: Nurses who suspected child abuse accounted for 18.1% of the nurses, and 41.9% of the nurses stated that they did not to report suspected child abuse. The nurses reported receiving only a little education about the prevention of child abuse. The mean score for perception on child abuse was high (3.59±0.31). Recognition of sexual abuse ranked highest, psychological abuse ranked lowest. Conclusion: The findings from this research provide baseline information for understanding nurses’ perceptions on child abuse, and may help in the development of appropriate education programs that will enable nurses to report child abuse.http://www.e-chnr.org/upload/pdf/chnr-23-2-229.pdfChild abuseNursesPerception |
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| title | A Survey of Nurses’ Perceptions on Child Abuse |
| title_full | A Survey of Nurses’ Perceptions on Child Abuse |
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| title_short | A Survey of Nurses’ Perceptions on Child Abuse |
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| topic | Child abuse Nurses Perception |
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