Perception and Experiences of Sexual Harassment among Nursing Students in Alexandria, Egypt | ||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 18, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 137-155 PDF (394.59 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2016.208679 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Rasha Abd El Hakim Abdou* ; Ola Mamdouh Abdel Wahed | ||
| Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Sexual harassment is a widespread and serious problem in Egypt. Nursing profession has been reported to have the possibility of sexual harassment in the medical field because most of workers in nursing are still women in addition to their professional requirements. Objective: Assess the perception and experiences of Sexual Harassment among Nursing Students at the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. Setting: The study was carried out at the Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. Subjects: Subjects of the study were 384 undergraduate nursing students selected from the four grades (192 males, 192 females) during the academic year 2014-2015. Tools: One tool was used for data collection namely nursing students' perception and experiences of sexual harassment structured interview schedule. It includes three parts covering data related to the students’ personal and socio-demographic characteristics and their perception and experiences of sexual harassment. Results: Findings of the present study revealed that the vast majority of the female students experienced some forms of sexual harassment, while the majority of male students had committed harassment especially verbal form. In addition, less than half of the students had low perception about sexual harassment. Conclusion: The study concluded that sexual harassment is a prevalent problem among nursing students. Recommendations: Educational campaign to raise awareness toward the prevention and control of the problem is need. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Harassment; Abuse; Nursing students | ||
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