Providing Assistance to the Victims of Adolescent Dating Violence: A National Assessment of School Nurses' Practices

Autor/inn/en	Khubchandani, Jagdish; Telljohann, Susan K.; Price, James H.; Dake, Joseph A.; Hendershot, Candace
Titel	Providing Assistance to the Victims of Adolescent Dating Violence: A National Assessment of School Nurses' Practices
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 83 (2013) 2, S.127-136 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12008
Schlagwörter	School Nurses; Adolescents; High School Students; Attitudes; Dating (Social); Violence; High Schools; Validity; Reliability; Mail Surveys; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Measures (Individuals); School Policy; Student Surveys; Barriers; Inservice Education; National Surveys; Role; Victims; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Gewalt; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Erhebungsinstrument; Antwortkontrolle; Messdaten; Schulpolitik; Schülerbefragung; Berufsbegleitende Ausbildung; Rollen; Victim; Opfer; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Background: This study assessed the perceptions and practices of school nurses regarding adolescent dating violence (ADV). Methods: The membership list of the National Association of School Nurses was used to identify a national random cross-sectional sample of high school nurses in the United States (N?=?750). A valid and reliable survey instrument was developed and a 3-wave postal mailing procedure was used to maximize the return rate (57%). Results: Most school nurses (86.4%) reported that they did not have a protocol in their schools to respond to an incident of ADV. The majority of nurses reported that in the past 2 years, training to assist victims of ADV had not been provided to personnel in their schools (88.1%) and their schools did not conduct periodic student surveys that include questions on teen dating abuse behaviors (71.5%). Nurses who had a school protocol for responding to an incident of ADV perceived significantly fewer barriers to assisting victims of ADV and assisted more victims. Over half (55.3%) of high school nurses reported assisting a victim of ADV in the past 2 years. Conclusion: Nurses appear to need more training in ADV. In addition, nurses found a number of barriers (eg, lack of training on ADV, lack of time, and lack of private space) to assisting student victims of ADV. Schools need to establish a means for assessing the status of ADV in their student population. Schools also need to provide in-service education for school personnel regarding prevention, assessment, and interdiction of ADV. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10