Legal Medicine Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 29;18(13):6968. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18136968.
The prevalence of violence against women continues to grow and this plague has had a huge impact from a clinical, social and judicial point of view. For this reason, alongside the efforts made at the legislative level to prevent the phenomenon and to improve assistance to victims in recent years, efforts to contain and better manage this phenomenon have also grown in the extra-legislative sphere: for example, through the application of new technological solutions and safety planning. In recent years, there has been an increase in the marketing of mobile phone apps dedicated to the prevention of violence against women, with different functions and different objectives. The purpose of this study is to investigate the knowledge and propensity to download this type of app in a group of 1782 Italian female university students. This research was performed using an online questionnaire administered to female students attending four different courses (law, medicine, healthcare professionals and political sciences) at one Italian university. Chi-square or Fisher's exact test was used to analyze associations between responses to questionnaire and the type and the year of course. The results show that 62.6% of our sample are unaware of the existence of these apps and that 79.5% of the sample would be willing to download one in the future. With regard to whom to turn to after a violent incident, the majority of those interviewed (43.9%) would turn to the police and not to health facilities. According to our findings, law female students (52.7%) think, more than any other category, that the most effective way to improve public safety and reduce the number of victims lies in legislative solutions. Our results suggest that, although this type of technology may be promising, it is necessary to improve the knowledge and dissemination of these apps in order to make them a useful tool for prevention, education and assistance in cases of violence against women.
暴力侵害妇女行为的发生率持续上升，这种现象从临床、社会和司法角度来看都产生了巨大影响。因此，近年来，除了在立法层面为预防这一现象和改善对受害者的援助做出努力外，在立法领域之外，也在努力遏制和更好地管理这一现象：例如，通过应用新技术解决方案和安全规划。近年来，针对预防暴力侵害妇女行为的手机应用程序的营销有所增加，这些应用程序具有不同的功能和不同的目标。本研究旨在调查 1782 名意大利女大学生群体对这类应用程序的了解程度和下载意愿。这项研究使用在线问卷对意大利一所大学四门不同课程（法律、医学、医疗保健专业人员和政治学）的女学生进行了调查。采用卡方检验或 Fisher 精确检验分析问卷回答与课程类型和年份之间的关联。结果表明，我们的样本中有 62.6%的人不知道这些应用程序的存在，79.5%的样本将来愿意下载一个。至于在发生暴力事件后会求助于谁，大多数受访者（43.9%）会向警察求助，而不是向医疗机构求助。根据我们的调查结果，法律专业的女学生（52.7%）比其他任何群体都认为，提高公共安全和减少受害者人数的最有效方法是通过立法解决方案。我们的研究结果表明，尽管这种技术可能很有前景，但有必要提高对这些应用程序的了解和推广，以便将其作为预防、教育和援助暴力侵害妇女行为的有用工具。
