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Encounter experience of head nurses with domestic violence victims and some problems in domestic violence victim support system in Japan: a questionnaire survey Imamura, Rika 今村, 利香 MINE, Kazuharu 峰, 和治 open access DV DV Prevention Law victim support system nurse medical facilities PURPOSE: This study aimed to verify the actual state against the domestic violence (DV) victims in medical facilities. METHODS: A questionnaire survey to the head nurses of general hospital around Japan was carried out in 2005. The questionnaire was designed to assess the attitudes，knowledge，beliefs，and clinical practice of the nurses in managing DV cases. The answers were analyzed especially focusing on encounter experience with DV victims and the changes of a way of dealing with them at hospital after the enforcement of the DV Prevention Law in 2001. RESULTS: Sixty-eight nurses participated and the response rate was 34%. Approximately a half of the head nurses had encmmter experience with DV victims. The cases identified as DV have gradually increased at the medical facilities in recent years. However many nurses were not satisfied with current DV victim support system and subconsciously required the accurate and latest information about DV issue. CONCLUSION: The DV Prevention Law has become effective in some regards. However，many head nurses have difficulty how to deal with DV victim and require more information about the DV. To promote the contribution in the DV victim support system and to improve the education system about DV issue，more positive role of medical staffs，including nurses，against DV issue should be stipulated legally. 鹿児島大学 Kagoshima University 2008-03-31 eng departmental bulletin paper VoR http://hdl.handle.net/10232/15260 https://ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/records/895 13462180 AA11358555 鹿児島大学医学部保健学科紀要 Bulletin of the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University 18 9 13 https://ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/record/895/files/AA11358555_v18_p9-13.pdf application/pdf 471.4 kB 2016-10-27 2008-03-31