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Study on Sexual Harassment-related Experience, Awareness, Coping of Health Care Providers and Institutional Efforts to prevent Sexual Harassment

보건관리자의 성희롱과 관련된 경험, 인식, 대처 및 기관의 성희롱 예방 노력에 대한 실태조사

  • 엄동춘 (대전대학교 응급구조학과) ;
  • 정계현 (대전대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2018.07.30
  • Accepted : 2018.08.20
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

Purpose: This study explored the sexual harassment-related experience, awareness, coping, and institutional prevention schemes for health personnel in industrial settings. Methods: Data were collected using self - report questionnaires from 300 health personnels. Data were collected between September 1 and December 31, 2017. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Health personnels experienced 29% of sexual harassment, in order of verbal, visual, physical. The frequency of sexual harassment was higher when women were younger, particularly younger than men. Although the average health personnel's awareness of sexual harassment was high, the common coping style was passive such as distancing form the perpetrator. Institutional efforts to prevent sexual harassment included separating employees and staff, but perpetrators tended to account for a high proportion of the supervisors and staff. Conclusion: Health care managers should develop an effective and effective sexual harassment prevention education program by raising gender equality awareness in relation to the awareness of sexual harassment and identifying the influencing factors that can bring about appropriate sexual harassment coping behavior.

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