标题：Original Creencias y actitudes del alumnado universitario hacia la violencia de género Beliefs and attitudes of university students towards gender violence
摘要：Introduction Gender violence is a major public health problem that requires the intervention of health personnel, among others. Professionals indicate that lack of knowledge is one of the main difficulties of facing this problem. The attitudes and misperceptions among university students might be due to inadequate or insufficient training. The aim of this study was to evaluate the beliefs and attitudes towards gender violence among students of the University of Santiago de Compostela. Material and methods A total of 491 undergraduate students (Medicine, Nursing, Criminology and Law) of the University of Santiago de Compostela completed an anonymous 30-item questionnaire. Results Most (70.9%) participants in the survey were women, with a mean age of 22.7 years. Although 53.6% of students had received previous training, data show that they have some misperceptions on gender violence. Nearly 96% consider it as an important problem in our society, and believe that attention to the victims has to be improved. Almost 90% of respondents disagreed about considering it a private matter, supporting the legal complaint by health personnel. Conclusions Data shows the necessity to offer more educational opportunities on gender violence, especially to students of those professions involved in this problem. An appropriate education of the future professionals would improve the detection and treatment of the victims.
关键词：Gender violence ; University students ; Beliefs ; Attitudes
