Gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea: An intervention to change knowledge, beliefs and behaviours.

IF 2.1 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Global Public Health Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-24 DOI:10.1080/17441692.2025.2523540

Karen O'Reilly, Jane L Fowler

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Gender-based violence (GBV) in Papua New Guinea has resulted in the country's recognition as one of the most dangerous places on the planet for women to live [Human Rights Watch. (2017). Papua New Guinea: Events of 2016. World Report. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/papua-new-guinea] . This study explored the effectiveness of a training programme to change human service providers' (HSPs) knowledge, beliefs and behaviour about GBV. Qualitative (written responses to questions) and quantitative (Social norms and beliefs about gender-based violence scale) data were collected pre- and post-training. HSPs showed increased understanding about the causes of GBV and ways of addressing this major health concern, and positive change in beliefs about and willingness to act on GBV, after training. This study has advanced research by formally evaluating GBV training in a non-Western, developing country. Results provide strong support for the effectiveness of such training. Suggestions for practice and future research are provided in the paper.

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巴布亚新几内亚的性别暴力：改变知识、信仰和行为的干预措施。

巴布亚新几内亚的性别暴力（GBV）导致该国被公认为地球上女性生活最危险的地方之一[人权观察]。(2017)。巴布亚新几内亚：2016年事件。世界报道。https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/papua-new-guinea]。本研究探讨了培训计划在改变人类服务提供者（HSPs）关于性别暴力的知识、信念和行为方面的有效性。在培训前和培训后收集了定性（对问题的书面答复）和定量（关于基于性别的暴力的社会规范和信念）数据。培训后，高敏感人群对基于性别的暴力的原因和解决这一重大健康问题的方式有了更多的了解，对基于性别的暴力的信念和采取行动的意愿也有了积极的变化。这项研究通过正式评估非西方发展中国家的性别暴力培训推动了研究。结果为培训的有效性提供了强有力的支持。本文对实践和今后的研究提出了建议。

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