Gender equality awareness and sensitiveness of health personnel and community
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Gender, Health, Woman, Equality, Sensitivity, Sağlık çalışanlarının ve toplumun toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği ile ilgili farkındalığı ve duyarlılığıAbstract
The aim of this study is to determine the level of gender awareness and sensitiveness among health personnel and gender discriminatory approach of public on using health services. In this research descriptive methods were used with the qualitative and quantitative research techniques together.
The research has two universes. First is the community living in the region of Kızılcahamam primary health care clinic and the second is health personnel working at hospital and primary health care clinic in Kızılcahamam. Data of the research was collected from a sample selected from the first population and a study group of the second population.
Semi-structured questionnarie form prepared in line with the literature knowledge, developed by the researcher, was applied on 362 people who constitute the research sample by face-to-face interviews between May 2008 and June 2008. In-depth interwievs were applied to 27 health personel who constitutes the study group of the research between June 2008 and July 2008.
In research both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Quantitive data have been evaluated on computer by percentage and chisquare using SPSS programme. Qualitative data collected from the interwievs and open-ended questions were evaluated by the content analysis which suits research purposes.
The result of the study: According to the data obtained both from the public and health personnel, gender discriminatory approaches were identified in utilization of health services and in delivery of the public serviceby health personnel. A large number of quantitative and qualitative data related to existence of gender-based discrimination and violence were achieved in research.
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Bu araştırma, sağlık hizmetlerinin sunumunda sağlık çalışanlarının toplumsal cinsiyet duyarlılığına ne derecede sahip olduklarının ve sağlık hizmetlerinden yararlanma konusunda toplumun cinsiyetçi yaklaşımlarının belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmada nitel ve nicel araştırma verilerinin bir arada kullanıldığı “betimsel” araştırma modeli kullanılmıştır.
Araştırmanın iki evreni bulunmaktadır. İlki Kızılcahamam Merkez Sağlık Ocağı bölgesindeki halktan, ikincisi ise aynı bölgede bulunan hastane ve sağlık ocağında görev yapan sağlık personelinden oluşmaktadır. Araştırma için gerekli veriler, birinci evrenden seçilen bir örneklemden ve ikinci evrenden alınan bir çalışma grubundan elde edilmiştir.
Araştırma örneklemini oluşturan 362 kişiye, araştırmacı tarafından literatür bilgileri doğrultusunda geliştirilen yarı yapılandırılmış bir anket formu, yüz yüze görüşme tekniği ile Mayıs-Haziran 2008 tarihlerinde uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu oluşturan 27 sağlık personeline derinlemesine görüşme yöntemi Haziran-Temmuz 2008 tarihlerinde uygulanmıştır.
Nicel veriler, SPSS programı ile yüzde, frekans ve ki-kare tekniklerinden yararlanarak, açık uçlu sorular ve görüşme yöntemi ile elde edilen nitel veriler ise, araştırma amaçları doğrultusunda içerik analizine tabi tutularak değerlendirilmiştir.
Araştırma sonunda halkın sağlık hizmetlerinden yararlanmasında ve sağlık personelinin hizmet sunumunda hem halktan hem de sağlık personelinden alınan verilere göre cinsiyet ayrımcı yaklaşımların varlığı saptanmıştır. Araştırmada toplumsal cinsiyet temelli ayrımcılık ve şiddetin varlığı ile ilgili çok sayıda nicel ve nitel veriler elde edildi.
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