Abstract
Objective: To examine the effect of an intimate partner violence (IPV) educational program on the attitudes of nurses toward victims. Design: A quasi-experimental study utilizing a pretest and posttest. Setting: An urban health care system. Participants: Fifty-two inpatient nurses completed both the pretest and posttest. Intervention: One-hour and 3-hour IPV educational programs. Main outcome measures: Change in attitude was determined by scores from the Public Health Nurses' Response to Women Who Are Abused (PHNR), a standardized questionnaire that measures nurses' reactions to an IPV scenario. Parallel forms, each with a different scenario, were administered before and 2 months after the 1-hour and 3-hour educational sessions. Scores were analyzed using a repeated measures analysis of variance followed by multiple comparisons with Bonferroni adjustments. Results: Nurses' PHNR scores increased significantly after attending the 1-hour session if they had previous IVP education and after the 3-hour session if they had no previous IVP education. Conclusion: Educational offerings should be tailored for nurses. For nurses with previous IVP education, offer a 1-hour update. For nurses with no previous IVP education, provide a 3-hour educational session. Further study is needed to determine if change in nurses' attitudes translates into improved screening, identification, and intervention for IPV victims.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 572-579 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2004 |
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Medicine(all)
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Effect of an intimate partner violence educational program on the attitudes of nurses. / Schoening, Anne M.; Greenwood, Jullie L.; McNichols, Jackie A.; Heermann, Judith A.; Agrawal, Sangeeta.
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T1 - Effect of an intimate partner violence educational program on the attitudes of nurses
AU - Schoening, Anne M.
AU - Greenwood, Jullie L.
AU - McNichols, Jackie A.
AU - Heermann, Judith A.
AU - Agrawal, Sangeeta
PY - 2004/9
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AB - Objective: To examine the effect of an intimate partner violence (IPV) educational program on the attitudes of nurses toward victims. Design: A quasi-experimental study utilizing a pretest and posttest. Setting: An urban health care system. Participants: Fifty-two inpatient nurses completed both the pretest and posttest. Intervention: One-hour and 3-hour IPV educational programs. Main outcome measures: Change in attitude was determined by scores from the Public Health Nurses' Response to Women Who Are Abused (PHNR), a standardized questionnaire that measures nurses' reactions to an IPV scenario. Parallel forms, each with a different scenario, were administered before and 2 months after the 1-hour and 3-hour educational sessions. Scores were analyzed using a repeated measures analysis of variance followed by multiple comparisons with Bonferroni adjustments. Results: Nurses' PHNR scores increased significantly after attending the 1-hour session if they had previous IVP education and after the 3-hour session if they had no previous IVP education. Conclusion: Educational offerings should be tailored for nurses. For nurses with previous IVP education, offer a 1-hour update. For nurses with no previous IVP education, provide a 3-hour educational session. Further study is needed to determine if change in nurses' attitudes translates into improved screening, identification, and intervention for IPV victims.
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