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Evaluation of a training program for health care workers to improve the quality of care for rape survivors : a quasi-experimental design study in Morogoro, Tanzania
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- Abeid, Muzdalifat, 1973- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH),MUHAS, Dept Obstet Gynecol, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Muganyizi, Projestine (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH),MUHAS, Dept Obstet Gynecol, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Mpembeni, Rose (author)
- MUHAS, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Darj, Elisabeth (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH),Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Publ Hlth & Gen Practice, Trondheim, Norway
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- Axemo, Pia (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)
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- 2016-07-14
- 2016
- English.
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In: Global Health Action. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1654-9716 .- 1654-9880. ; 9
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- BACKGROUND:Sexual violence against women and children in Tanzania and globally is a human rights violation and a developmental challenge.OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of training health professionals on rape management. The specific objectives were to evaluate the changes of knowledge and attitudes toward sexual violence among a selected population of health professionals at primary health care level.DESIGN:A quasi-experimental design using cross-sectional surveys was conducted to evaluate health care workers' knowledge, attitude, and clinical practice toward sexual violence before and after the training program. The study involved the Kilombero (intervention) and Ulanga (comparison) districts in Morogoro region. A total of 151 health professionals at baseline (2012) and 169 in the final assessment (2014) participated in the survey. Data were collected using the same structured questionnaire. The amount of change in key indicators from baseline to final assessment in the two areas was compared using composite scores in the pre- and post-interventions, and the net intervention effect was calculated by the difference in difference method.RESULTS:Overall, there was improved knowledge in the intervention district from 55% at baseline to 86% and a decreased knowledge from 58.5 to 36.2% in the comparison area with a net effect of 53.7% and a p-value less than 0.0001. The proportion of participants who exhibited an accepting attitude toward violence declined from 15.3 to 11.2% in the intervention area but increased from 13.2 to 20.0% in the comparison area.CONCLUSIONS:Training on the management of sexual violence is feasible and the results indicate improvement in healthcare workers' knowledge and practice but not attitudes. Lessons learned from this study for successful replication of such an intervention in similar settings require commitment from those at strategic level within the health service to ensure that adequate resources are made available.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- healthcare worker
- training
- quasi-experimental
- rape
- sexual violence
- Tanzania
- Obstetrik och gynekologi
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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