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Child Abuse Recognition and Related Factors among Korean Nursing Students

간호대학생의 아동학대 인식과 관련요인

  • Received : 2013.02.28
  • Accepted : 2013.05.06
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study measures nursing students' ability to recognize child abuse and identifies the factors related to varying levels of recognition. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 370 third and fourth year nursing students using a self-reported questionnaire during November 15-30, 2011. The measuring tool for child abuse recognition used in the study was developed by Ozasa (2011) and is composed of 44 items including physical, mental, and sexual abuse, and neglect. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, two sample t-tests, and regression analysis were evaluated with the SPSS/PC ver20.0 program. Results: Nursing students were concerned about child abuse(85.4%), but knew little about related laws and regulations(14.3%), and they had almost no formal education or training regarding how to recognize child abuse. They only 1.6% reported child abuse even if they encountered such incidents; however, they correctly recognized even infrequent incidents of child abuse. Recognition of sexual abuse ranked highest, while recognition of neglect ranked lowest. Those with higher levels of concern over child abuse showed higher recognition scores. Regression analysis revealed that physical abuse, mental abuse, and neglect had different related factors, while sexual abuse had none. Conclusion: Education and training on the subject of child abuse is strongly recommended in nursing curriculums so that nurses will be able to appropriately respond to and report suspected child abuse.

간호대학생의 아동학대에 대한 인식과 관심 및 경험실태를 파악하고, 이와 관련된 요인을 검토하고자 2개 간호학과 임상실습을 경험한 3-4학년 학생을 대상으로 아동학대인식 측정도구를 번안한 44항목으로 구성된 설문지를 전문조사자에 의해 실시한 결과 370명을 최종 분석대상으로 하였다. 분석은 관련요인 특성 별 아동학대 인식 비교는 독립표본 t-검정 방법을, 관련 요인 파악은 후진제거방식 회귀분석을 이용하였다. 간호대학생들은 아동학대에 대한 관심은 있었지만 법에 대해서 잘 모르고 있었으며, 교육이나 연수를 받은 경험도 상당히 낮은 것으로 조사되었다. 그러다 보니 아동학대에 대한 신고경험도 거의 전무하였다. 교육이나 훈련경험, 법에 대한 인지도는 고학년이 더 높은 것으로 나타났는데, 이는 아동간호학에서 일부 다루어지기 때문인 것으로 보인다. 전체적으로 아동학대 인식은 3.01점으로 도구에 포함된 행동을 '가끔'이라도 하면 학대로 인식하는 수준이었다. 하부 영역에서는 성적 학대에 대한 인식이 가장 높았으며, 신체학대, 심리적 학대가 그 다음 이었고, 방임에 대한 인식은 아주 낮은 수준이었다. 또한 평소 아동학대에 관심이 있거나, 학대가 의심될 때 관심이 있는 학생의 인식 점수가 유의하게 높았다. 간호대학생은 미래 신고의무자가 될 의료인으로서 아동학대에 대한 관심과 인식수준을 높이기 위한 방안으로 교육을 강화하여 아동학대에 대한 전문성을 높여야 할 것이다.

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