TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rose Laisser
AU  - Lennarth Nyström
AU  - Maria Emmelin
TI  - Health-care workers’ attitudes and perceptions of intimate partner violence against women in Tanzania
PY  - 2014////1
CY  - Mwanza, Tanzania: 
PB  -  MA Healthcare &,  Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] 
N2  - 
A cross-sectional survey of 345 health-care workers and 312 students was conducted to explore attitudes and perceptions of intimate partner violence against women, and their views on care and prevention. All health-care workers and final-year students were included in the study. Students’ t-test was followed in the analysis using SPPSS computer program. Forty-three percent of female health-care workers recognised acts of controlling behaviour, while 68% of female students agreed to less than one statement justifying physical violence and 32% of men failed to recognise a woman's right to refuse sex. Ninety percent of both students and health-care workers had observed clients having unexplained feelings of sadness or loss of confidence. Between 45 and 70% of students and health-care workers believed that women exposed to violence were difficult to support. The study clearly indicates a need for adequate …
UR  - https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=QMSoUEMAAAAJ&citation_for_view=QMSoUEMAAAAJ:roLk4NBRz8UC
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