Gender violence against woman nursing students: a cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: Silva,Luiza Csordas Peixinho da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Hino,Paula, Oliveira,Rebeca Nunes Guedes de, Fernandes,Hugo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672021000500151
• topic: Nursing; Violence; Gender-Based Violence; Education; Women’s Health

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the sociodemographic profile of nursing students who suffered gender violence and to know the characteristics of the violence that occurred in this population. Method: a cross-sectional study with 91 nursing students from a public university in southeastern Brazil, between September 2019 and January 2020. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the World Health Organization Violence Against Women, section 10 were used. Results: approximately 65% suffered some form of gender violence during their lifetime, mainly perpetrated by family members. 41.7% were victims of physical aggression, 23% suffered sexual harassment, 30.8% suffered sexual abuse. There was a pattern of intergenerational violence (p<0.001), vulnerability of self-declared lesbians and/or bisexuals (p=0.705), Christian or evangelical (p<0.001). Conclusion: gender violence was high among those surveyed. The experience of forms of violence can damage students’ lives. There is a need for attention from teaching institutions and professors in addressing the theme.