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The prevalence of violence among female health worker of Jeddah’s General Ministry of Health Hospital
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ABSTRACT: This is a community-based cross-sectional study where the prevalence of
domestic violence and its associated factors were determined.
The aim of the study was to determine prevalence and epidemiology of
domestic violence among female health worker of General Ministry of Health (MOH)
Hospital in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
A self-administered questionnaire was the tool of the study. Simple random
sampling technique was used to select female health workers. All female health
workers including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and lab
technicians from general MOH hospitals participated in the study.
The prevalence of violence was 45.3 % among female health workers of general
MOH hospitals.
The Saudi nationality, divorce, higher monthly income, supporting their
families financially, sharing children expenditure with their partners and using
polygamy were found to be associated with domestic violence.
The study concluded that domestic violence was found to be high in the study
population and was associated with several factors.
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Domestic Violence Female Health worker Epidemology Polygamy Saudi Arabia