Description
The project aims to help prevent and reduce the incidence of domestic violence and to raise awareness among health professionals. Fulfillment of the objectives will be based on comprehensive education of key professionals (teachers and students of health and medical schools), prevention and research. There will be a training module including e-learning materials, instructional videos for paramedical professions (nurses, paramedics), and educational manuals. We will provide training for teachers and students of medical schools, including the possibility of gaining experience and expertise with the workers at a counselling centre and conducting undergraduate work. The output will be a comprehensive training module of e-learning materials, manuals which will be offered to other schools, students, hospitals, health professions. To provide training in schools for students, teachers and health workers there will be a trained team of internal trainers. In the area of prevention, a media campaign will be held to support the project and increase motivation to seek professional help.
Summary of project results
Medical staff and doctors are among the first individuals approached by victims of domestic violence. It is often their reaction that determines whether and how the victim will deal with the situation. We therefore focused on the comprehensive education of key professions (teachers and students of health care and medical schools); we also focused on the prevention of domestic violence and on research. In cooperation with our partner university, we created an educational module including e-learning materials, instructional videos for non-medical healthcare professions (nurses, paramedics) and an educational manual. Teachers and students were trained, with the possibility of training and consultations. The educational module was then offered to other schools, students, hospitals and health care professions. We have trained many more health professionals than originally planned. In the field of prevention, we led a campaign to increase the motivation of women at risk of violence to seek professional help. We have also succeeded in introducing the topic of domestic violence in the curriculum of the Medical College in Prague and elaborating materials of this focus for the school’s website. Our accredited seminars generated great interest; next year these activities will also be supported by the Ministry of Health. The training module and the manual are available to other institutes of higher education and secondary schools. Awareness of the issue has increased, for example the ROSA organisation has seen a 20% increase in the number of clients. The number of clients sent by healthcare facilities has increased as well.
Summary of bilateral results