Awareness Level of Nursing Students Regarding Violence against Women – An Example from Turkey

Gulseren Citak Tunc

Uludag University Bursa

She was born in Eskicuma in 1969. After completion of her elementary and middle education in Bursa. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Hacettepe University, School of Health, Department of Nursing in 1993. She received her Master’s degree from Hacettepe University, Institute of Health Sciences in 1998. She continues her Phd education from Istanbul Bilim University, Institute of Health Sciences since 2012. She has been working as an instructor at Uludag University in Bursa since 2000. She papers in various academic journals in English and in Turkish on her primary research interests which are including Gender, violence, personality traits, communication skills, burnout, child sexual abuse. She teaches courses in mental health nursing, interpersonal relations, communication skills.

Abstract

Background: Violence against women which maintains its global importance is one of the major social problems also in Turkey. Domestic violence against women in Turkey had come to the fore by the mid-80s. The first step in the... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Gulseren Citak Tunc (Uludag University Bursa)
  2. Nevin Citak Bilgin (Abant İzzet Baysal University Bolu)
  3. Fatma Elif Kılınç (Abant İzzet Baysal University Bolu)

Topic Area

Mental Health

Session

MH-2 » Mental Health 2 (10:30 - Thursday, 5th November, Seminar Room .054)

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