Intimate partner violence amongst undergraduate nursing students
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Date
2014
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Unisa press
Abstract
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is reported to be rife among the student population at
tertiary institutions and the general population. Yet the abuse is under diagnosed by nurses
in health care settings. Research indicates that nurses’ personal experiences of this type
of abuse play a role in the management of survivors. Hence, this study investigated the
prevalence and factors associated with IPV among the undergraduate nursing student
population at a tertiary institution in the Western Cape, South Africa. A self-administered
questionnaire was completed by the stratified random sample. The reported lifetime
prevalence of IPV included psychological, physical, financial and sexual abuse. IPV was
significantly associated with the educational status of the respondent’s mother, financial
support and witnessing of abuse during childhood. A support structure is thus needed
to prepare the undergraduate student nurses emotionally before commencing with their
training in the management of survivors of IPV.
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Keywords
Western Cape, Intimate Partner, Violence, Undergraduate students, Nurse, Tertiary institutions, Abuse, Prevalence, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
Citation
Kordom, A, Julie, H & Arunachallam, S. (2014). Intimate partner violence amongst undergraduate nursing students. Journal of Higher Education in South Africa, 27(4):1842-1860