Shaping Attitudes Toward Gender Roles and Women's and Children's Rights in Nursing Education

Research has highlighted the importance of integrating women's and children's rights courses into undergraduate nursing curricula to shape attitudes toward gender roles, violence against women, and reporting child abuse. A study conducted in Turkey aimed to evaluate the effects of a 'women's-children's rights' online-educational program on nursing students' attitudes. The study involved 62 fourth-year nursing students divided into education and control groups, with the education group taking the women's-children's rights online-course. The results showed significant improvements in attitudes toward gender roles, violence against women, and reporting child abuse/neglect in the education group compared to the control group.

Key Takeaways:

• The study emphasizes the significance of integrating women's and children's rights courses into nursing education to shape attitudes toward gender roles and violence against women.
• The 'women's-children's rights' online-course was found to be an effective method in educating and enriching nursing students on women's and children's rights.
• The study aimed to evaluate the effects of the online-course on nursing students' attitudes toward gender roles and women and children's violence abuse reports using a pretest-posttest follow-up with a control group quasi-experimental trial.
• The study sample consisted of 62 fourth-year nursing students, divided into two groups: education and control groups, with each group comprising 31 students.
• The education group took the women's-children's rights online-course, whereas the control group did not.
• The study used the 'Gender Roles Attitude Scale,' 'Violence Against Women Attitude Scale,' and 'Healthcare Provider Attitudes Toward Child Maltreatment Reporting Scale' to assess the students' attitudes before and after the course.
• The results showed significant improvements in attitudes toward gender roles, violence against women, and reporting child abuse/neglect in the education group compared to the control group.

Statistics:

• 62 fourth-year nursing students participated in the study.
• The education group consisted of 31 students, and the control group consisted of 31 students.
• The study used a quasi-experimental trial with a pretest-posttest follow-up design.
• The results showed significant improvements in attitudes toward gender roles, violence against women, and reporting child abuse/neglect in the education group (p < 0.05).
• The study used SPSS 20.00 software to conduct numbers, percentages, chi-square test, t-test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Pearson's correlation, and Duncan's test.

Sources:

• Turan, F. D., et al. (2021). Effects of a structured online educational program course on nursing students' attitudes toward gender roles and women and children's violence abuse reports: A quasi-experimental evaluation. Nurse Education Today, 108, 105191.
• Aksaray University. (2021). Aksaray University Reports Findings in Nursing Education. Education Letter, November 24, 2021, p 59.