Sexism, attitudes, and behaviors towards violence against women in medical emergency services workers in Erzurum, Turkey

Çalıkoğlu E. O., Aras A., Hamza M., Aydin A., Nacakgedigi O., Koga P. M.

GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION, cilt.11, sa.1, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1524541
  • Dergi Adı: GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Violence against women, health workers, medical emergency services, gender bias, archaic sexist attitudes, Turkey, AMBIVALENT SEXISM
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: In Turkey, almost every 4 out of 10 married women have been subjected to physical abuse by their spouses. Although studies on the prevalence of domestic violence in Turkey abound, little has been published about first responders' attitudes and behaviors towards violence against women and on sexism.