Violence against women during the pandemic: An educational intervention
Adelais Markaki1, Lisa Theus1, Mari Yukawa2, Patricia M Speck1
[1] PAHO/WHO
Collaborating Center for International Nursing [2] Sparkman Center for Global Health, School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
METHODS (2)
BACKGROUND
Objectives
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated violence against women through
increased stress, disruption of social and protective networks, and
decreased access to services [1]. The health impact of violence
against women can result in physical injuries, and serious mental,
sexual and reproductive health problems.
Open-access, asynchronous, web-based development programs offer
optimum flexibility and tailored learning, directed to reach remote
and underserved communities of primary healthcare professionals [2].
Aim: to develop, translate, and culturally adapt a distance-accessible
course in English and Spanish for primary healthcare professionals
that addresses violence against women in Latin America and the
Caribbean during the pandemic.
Modules
1. Build the knowledge base
about coercive toxic
relationships
2. Develop skills in managing
health consequences of
violence in women
3. Raise awareness of aggressor
behaviors that predict lethality
4. Implement trauma-informed
care across primary health and
social care responses
5. Cultivate collaborative, interprofessional relationships for
first-line support and referrals
METHODS (1)
CONCLUSIONS
Module 1:
Trauma-Informed Care
Module 2:
Domestic Violence
Module 3:
Sex Trafficking
Module 4:
Myocardial Infarction in
Women
FINDINGS
Within the five-step “ADDIE” process [3], this project addresses
content in design and delivery that: a) targets audience needs, b) is
culturally relevant and adaptable, c) develops critical and complex
thinking, problem-solving, evidence-based decision-making, and d)
promotes lifelong learning.
REFERENCES
5- Launch and
Dissemination
1- Develop
course syllabus
and outline
3- Instructional
design and upload
5
4
3
2
1
2- Develop/Enrich 4
modules in English
and Spanish
Drawing on WHO recommendations
[1], and the Strategic Directions for
Nursing in the Region of the
Americas’ report [4], this project is
expected to:
a) advance nursing and midwifery
professional development in the
COVID-19 environment
b) improve educational quality
outcomes on violence
prevention, victim identification
and reporting
c) promote inter-professional
learning and collaboration with
use of information technology
4- Course evaluation
and quality
improvement
1. World Health Organization. Addressing violence against children, women and older
people during the COVID-19 pandemic: key actions, 17 June 2020.
https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/332458.
2. Markaki et al. Building capacity for nursing and midwifery education through an
asynchronous online course. J Nurs Educ, 2020;59(1):38-41.
https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20191223-09
3. Hess AN, Greer K. Designing for engagement: Using the ADDIE model to integrate highimpact practices into an online information literacy course. Communications in
Information Literacy. 2016;10(2). https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2016.10.2.27
4. Pan American Health Organization. Strategic Directions for Nursing in the Region of the
Americas. Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2019.
https://www.paho.org/en/documents/strategic-directions-nursing-region-americas
Lisa Theus