<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Aim.</bold> Assessment of preparation of a nurse – employee of the primary health care for providing preventative measures against domestic violence targeted at elders.<bold>Material and methods.</bold> The material was collected in a group of 70 nurses – employees of the primary health care of a medical centre in Lodz. Inclusion criteria were: the respondent’s consent for the inclusion in the study and the position of a nurse of the primary health care system. The authors of the study used the diagnostic survey method, with the application of their own questionnaire. Obtained results were statistically analysed.<bold>Results.</bold> In the nurses’ opinion, lack of knowledge of effective tools, which could be used to provide victims with help, considerably hampers implementation of preventive measures for counteracting domestic violence. A multivariate analysis revealed a relationship between the opinion of nurses on prevention of domestic violence against the elderly and their education, the number of years worked and individual beliefs.<bold>Conclusions.</bold> Violence against elders is a growing global problem. Polish nurses are legally obliged to initiate interventions in order to counteract domestic violence. Nurses from the primary health care are not prepared to carry out prevention of violence against the elderly. There is a need to provide nurses employed in the primary health care with post-graduate training on counteracting domestic violence against the elderly.</abstract>

Aim. Assessment of preparation of a nurse – employee of the primary health care for providing preventative measures against domestic violence targeted at elders.Material and methods. The material was collected in a group of 70 nurses – employees of the primary health care of a medical centre in Lodz. Inclusion criteria were: the respondent’s consent for the inclusion in the study and the position of a nurse of the primary health care system. The authors of the study used the diagnostic survey method, with the application of their own questionnaire. Obtained results were statistically analysed.Results. In the nurses’ opinion, lack of knowledge of effective tools, which could be used to provide victims with help, considerably hampers implementation of preventive measures for counteracting domestic violence. A multivariate analysis revealed a relationship between the opinion of nurses on prevention of domestic violence against the elderly and their education, the number of years worked and individual beliefs.Conclusions. Violence against elders is a growing global problem. Polish nurses are legally obliged to initiate interventions in order to counteract domestic violence. Nurses from the primary health care are not prepared to carry out prevention of violence against the elderly. There is a need to provide nurses employed in the primary health care with post-graduate training on counteracting domestic violence against the elderly.

Counteracting domestic violence against elders in the professional practice of a nurse employed in the primary health care system

Department of Nursing Pedagogics, Faculty of Health Sciences

Department of Conservative Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. Assessment of preparation of a nurse – employee of the primary health care for providing preventative measures against domestic violence targeted at...

Counteracting domestic violence against elders in the professional practice of a nurse employed in the primary health care system

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 214 - 219

Received: Jun 26, 2019

Accepted: Nov 06, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2019-0032

Keywords
nurse, prevention, elder abuse

© 2019 Agnieszka Kotarba et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Counteracting domestic violence against elders in the professional practice of a nurse employed in the primary health care system

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 214 - 219

Received: Jun 26, 2019

Accepted: Nov 06, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2019-0032

Keywordsnurse, prevention, elder abuse

© 2019 Agnieszka Kotarba et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
nurse, prevention, elder abuse