El personal sanitario ante la violencia de género

  1. Matud Aznar, María Pilar
  2. Matud, María Teresa
  3. Delgado, Rebeca
  4. Fortes Marichal, Demelza
  5. Arteaga Manjón-Cabeza, Rosa
Revista:
Clepsydra: Revista de Estudios de Género y Teoría Feminista

ISSN: 1579-7902

Any de publicació: 2009

Número: 8

Pàgines: 139-156

Tipus: Article

Altres publicacions en: Clepsydra: Revista de Estudios de Género y Teoría Feminista

Resum

Gender violence results in immediate and long-term health problems. The present study aimed to analyze attitudes and formation on gender violence of professional health care workers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 190 health care providers in the Canary Islands. Results showed that, despite the diversity and although the majority of professionals saw gender violence as a consequence of the patriarchal society and machismo, some of them regarded it as a couple problem or thought the woman was guilty. In addition, some of them were supporting a series of myths like that gender violence was a consequence of the disease of the aggressor or of the consumption of alcohol and drugs. Less than half of the interviewed ones had carried out gender violence training.