英文摘要 |
This study aimed to investigate the differences between sexual harassment and mental health of nursing staff and students. A cross-sectional study design and purposive sampling were used to select nursing staff and students from a certain regional hospital in central Taiwan as participants. The“Scale of knowledge and attitudes toward sexual harassment in the workplace by nursing staff”developed by Wang et al. (2014) and a general health questionnaire compiled by Pan and Goldberg (1990) were used to measure mental health. After this study had been approved by the institutional review board, the questionnaires were distributed to 320 nursing staff and 129 nursing students, and 217 (67.8%) and 77 (72.6%) valid questionnaires were recovered from nursing staff and nursing students, respectively. The participants were mostly nursing staff, university graduates, and married, with an average age of 39.85 years. Most of the students with an average age of 21.38 years underwent a four-year technical program. The sexual harassment awareness experienced by nursing staff were in the order of non-verbal, physical behavior, and verbal, while that experienced by nursing students were in the order of physical behavior, non-verbal, and verbal. Students scored significantly higher on sexual harassment awareness and its various aspects than nursing staff. In addition, students scored higher average scores for satisfaction with sexual harassment preventive measures than nursing staff. The mental health of nursing staff is mostly better than nursing students. The higher the awareness of sexual harassment among nursing staff, the higher the satisfaction with attitudes, preventive measures, and mental health. In nursing students, the higher the attitude of sexual harassment, the higher their mental health. Medical institutions should implement the correct concept of gender equality education and sexual harassment prevention education, shape the organizational culture against sexual harassment in the workplace, and reward evidence-based teaching and training courses. Healthcare professionals should use medical expertise and skills to communicate effectively. |