Violence against women: Perceptions of nursing students' about the focus on the formation

Abstract

Objective. Get to know the nursing undergraduates perception, from a public university in southern Brazil, on the inclusion of the theme violence against women in the curriculum and about that thematic approach during graduation. Methodology. Descriptive exploratory qualitative research, made with 18 students of Nursing Graduation in Federal de Santa Maria University. Semi-structured interview was made and its data was submitted to thematic analysis. Results. From the undergraduates understanding, the theme integrates the curricular content in a punctual way and a reduced workload. There were found difficulties in the violence's identification and the actions to be developed. The participants suggest that the theme should be worked since the graduation's beginning, permeating the learning in collective health. Conclusion. The study shows the need to include violence as a transversal theme in curriculums in graduation courses of Nursing and Health.Key words: women's health; violence against women; credentialing; nursing; education nursing Violencia contra las mujeres: percepción de los estudiantes de enfermería acerca del enfoque en la formación Objetivo. Conocer la percepción de los estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad pública en el sur de Brasil, sobre la inclusión en el currículum del tema de la violencia contra la mujer y con respecto al abordaje de la temática durante la formación. Metodología. Investigación cualitativa exploratoria descriptiva realizada con 18 alumnos de Enfermería. Para la toma de información se utilizó la técnica de entrevista semiestructurada y los datos se sometieron al análisis temático de contenido. Resultados. Para los alumnos la temática integra el contenido curricular de manera puntual, aunque con carga horaria reducida. Se presentaron dificultades en la identificación de la violencia y en las acciones que serán desarrolladas. Los participantes sugieren que la temática debería ser trabajada desde el inicio del programa, permeando Invest Educ Enferm. 2015;33(2) • 261 el aprendizaje en Salud Colectiva. Conclusión. El estudio muestra la necesidad de incluir la violencia como tema transversal a los currículos de los cursos de Graduación en Enfermería y Salud.Palabras clave: salud de la mujer; violencia contra la mujer; habilitación profesional; enfermería; educación en enfermería. Violência contra as mulheres: percepção dos estudantes de enfermagem a respeito do enfoque na formaçãoObjetivo. Conhecer a percepção dos estudantes de enfermagem de uma universidade pública no sul do Brasil, sobre a inclusão no currículo do tema da violência contra a mulher e do com respeito à abordagem da temática durante a formação. Metodologia. Investigação qualitativa exploratória descritiva realizada com 18 alunos de Enfermagem de uma universidade pública no sul do Brasil. Para a tomada de informação se utilizou a técnica de entrevista semiestruturada e dados foram submetidos à análise temática de conteúdo. Resultados. Para os alunos a temática integra o conteúdo curricular de maneira pontual, ai...

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“…Other studies Duma () used descriptive qualitative case study and Dedavid da Rocha et al. () used a descriptive exploratory qualitative research design to validate the relative significance of a certain topic that can be judged by its significance with regard to the basic curricula of nurse qualifying courses. Another study conducted by Rigol‐Cuadra et al.…”

“…Results from our review can be used to notify the implementation as well as development of “nursing curriculum” at undergraduate level on DVA (Dedavid da Rocha et al., ; Rigol‐Cuadra et al., ). There exists a necessity to offer opportunities for learning that imposes a challenge for pre‐existing assumptions as well as beliefs to guarantee that graduates are unable to embrace narrow definition of DVA.…”

“…The findings from the studies reviewed in this integrative literature review, evidenced nurses understanding with regard to domestic violence against women and identified the gaps in nursing education. These new insights will enable the findings to be used as a baseline to inform suitable intervention strategies and curriculum development (Beccaria et al, 2013;Bessette & Peterson, 2002;Cho et al, 2015;Davila, 2006;Dedavid da Rocha et al, 2015;Häggblom & Möller, 2006 women make attempts to hide such violence due to the feelings of shame and being stigmatized (Spangaro, Poulos, & Zwi, 2011).…”

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