The effect of a course on violence against women on the attitudes of student midwives and nurses towards domestic violence against women, their occupational roles in addressing violence, and their abilities to recognize the signs of violence

Aim The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a course on violence against women on the attitudes of student midwives and nurses towards violence against women and their abilities to recognize the signs of violence. Methods This study used a pretest‐posttest quasi‐experimental design with experimental and control groups and was conducted with student midwives and nurses. Results The results indicated that the difference between pretest and posttest scores averaged across three scales was statistically significant for students in the experimental group (P 0.05). Practice Implications The traditional attitudes of students who enrolled in the course on violence against women decreased, and their levels of knowledge of signs of violence increased.