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ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN A MEDICAL SCHOOL TOWARDS GENDER ROLES

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 61 - 72, 31.01.2022
https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.944242

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of medical students towards gender roles. A cross-sectional study was conducted. The study enrolled voluntary medical students from the 1st and 6th grades of school in University. Out of the 764 students in the study population, results for 518 could be analyzed. Beyond socio-demographic characteristics, students’ awareness of gender roles was measured using the 38-item Gender Roles Attitude Scale (GRAS). The mean age of the students was 21.68±3.04 years. The mean GRAS score of the students were 113.45±7.36. The highest mean score in the GRAS subscales belonged to the “egalitarian gender roles” (33.74±5.78), and the lowest score to the “male gender roles” (12.26±4.51). Females had significantly higher mean total GRAS scores than males. On the other hand, the mean GRAS scores of first-grade students were statistically higher than those of the grade six students The GRAS score was significantly correlated with age (r –0.23, p<0.001). Multiple linear regression was done to investigate the effects of age, female sex, and being first grade on the GRAS scores, where age (t=-1.895; p=0.059) and female sex (t=6.170; p<0.001) revealed significant. Gender role perceptions and attitudes of the society can be changed in a positive way with parent education. Among the subjects of undergraduate medical education, the concept of gender needs to be emphasized more. Raising conscious graduates in terms of gender perceptions can contribute to reducing health inequalities caused by gender.

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BİR TIP FAKÜLTESİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN TOPLUMSAL CİNSİYET ROLLERİNE YÖNELİK BİLGİ VE TUTUMLARI

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 61 - 72, 31.01.2022
https://doi.org/10.35232/estudamhsd.944242

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, tıp öğrencilerinin toplumsal cinsiyet rollerine yönelik tutumlarını belirlemektir. Kesitsel bir çalışma yapılmıştır. Araştırmaya Erzurum Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi 1’inci ve 6’ıncı sınıflarından tıp öğrencileri alınmıştır. Çalışma 764 öğrenciden 518'i ile yapılmıştır. Katılımcılara, sosyo demografik veri formu ,öğrencilerin cinsiyet rollerine ilişkin farkındalıklarını değerlendirmek için 38 maddelik Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rolleri Tutum Ölçeği (TCRTÖ) yapılmıştır. Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 21,68±3,04 yıl idi. Öğrencilerin TCRTÖ puan ortalaması 113,45±7.36 şeklindeydi. TCRTÖ alt ölçeklerinden en yüksek ortalama puan “eşitlikçi cinsiyet rolleri”ne (33,74±5,78), en düşük puan ise “erkek cinsiyet rollerine” (12,26±4,51) aitti. Kadınların toplam TCRTÖ puan ortalamaları erkeklerden önemli ölçüde daha yüksekti. Birinci sınıf öğrencilerinin ortalama TCRTÖ puanları, altıncı sınıf öğrencilerinden istatistiksel olarak daha yüksekti. TCRTÖ puanı, yaşla anlamlı düzeyde ilişkiliydi (r= –0,23, p<0,001). Yaş, kadın cinsiyet ve birinci sınıf olmanın TCRTÖ puanları üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmak için çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi yapıldı; burada yaş (t=-1,895; p=0,059) ve kadın cinsiyet (t=6,170 ; p<0,001) anlamlı bulundu. Ebeveyn eğitimi ile toplumun cinsiyet rolü algı ve tutumları olumlu yönde değiştirilebilir. Mezuniyet öncesi tıp eğimi konuları arasında toplumsal cinsiyet kavramının üzerinde daha fazla durulması gerekmektedir. Toplumsal cinsiyet algıları açısından bilinçli mezunlar yetiştirilmesi, toplumsal cinsiyetin neden olduğu sağlık eşitsizliklerini azaltmaya katkı sağlayabilir.

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  • 3- Gowing LR, Ali RL, Allsop S, Marsden J, Turf EE, West R, et al. Global statistics on addictive behaviours: 2014 status report. Addiction. 2015;110(6):904-19.
  • 4- Courtenay WH. Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men’s well-being. Coll Men Masculinities Theory Res Implic Pract. 2010;307.
  • 5- Saltonstall R. Healthy bodies, social bodies: men's and women's concepts and practices of health in everyday life. Soc Sci Med. 1993;36(1):7-14.
  • 6- Peralta RL. College alcohol use and the embodiment of hegemonic masculinity among European American men. Sex Roles. 2007;56(11-12):741-56.
  • 7- Sumpter KC. Masculinity and meat consumption: An analysis through the theoretical lens of hegemonic masculinity and alternative masculinity theories. Sociology Compass. 2015;9(2):104-14.
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  • 9- Li J. Gender inequality, family planning, and maternal and child care in a rural Chinese county. Soc Sci Med. 2004;59(4):695-708.
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  • 19- Verdonk P, Benschop YW, De Haes HC, Lagro-Janssen TL. Medical students’ gender awareness. Sex Roles. 2008;58(3-4):222-34.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Public Health, Environmental Health
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Aysun Aras 0000-0003-3361-7042

Edanur Köyceğiz 0000-0001-5553-1923

Elif Okşan Çalıkoğlu 0000-0001-8959-5001

Banu Bedir 0000-0001-8342-5351

Publication Date January 31, 2022
Submission Date August 24, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 7 Issue: 1

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Vancouver Aras A, Köyceğiz E, Çalıkoğlu EO, Bedir B. ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN A MEDICAL SCHOOL TOWARDS GENDER ROLES. ESTUDAM Public Health Journal. 2022;7(1):61-72.

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