Explorations of Kelantanese women's experiences of crime victimisation and their perceptions on post-crime healthcare needs
The aims of this thesis are to examine experiences of crime victims and post crime health care needs among women in Kelantan. In was a mixed method study, conducted in two phases adopting cross-sectional quantitative survey and qualitative interviews. The respondents for the quantitative phase we...
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my-usm-ep.430582019-04-12T05:24:53Z Explorations of Kelantanese women's experiences of crime victimisation and their perceptions on post-crime healthcare needs 2017-12 Azalee, Mastura R Medicine (General) The aims of this thesis are to examine experiences of crime victims and post crime health care needs among women in Kelantan. In was a mixed method study, conducted in two phases adopting cross-sectional quantitative survey and qualitative interviews. The respondents for the quantitative phase were selected from female population in Kelantan who experienced either property, violent, or other types of crime victimisation within the last 12 months. Respondents filled in survey forms that indicated their personalities according to the Big Five personality, acute stress reactions (ASR), general health status within one year after the crime victimisation, and their perception of the needs of crime victims while visiting health care setting. There were N=102 random participation in the quantitative phase. The results suggested that there were no relationship between personality traits and the types of crime victimisation. Marital status and employment status showed a significant association, p< 0.05 with types of crime. In regards to personality traits and ASR, only Neuroticism trait showed a significant correlation, r = -0.268, p< 0.05. Social functioning and pain were significantly associated at the p < .001 level to all of domains in the ASR. The second phase involved interviews of six crime victims who visited hospitals or clinics due to their crime victimisation. Themes explored including the impact of crime, experience of crime victims in healthcare institutions, the needsof crime victims, and the need for specialty in managing crime victims in Malaysia. As a conclusion, this study has provided an understanding on the characteristics ofcrime victims, impacts of crime on health, and crime victims' needs in health care settings. These findings emphasize the need for further research in crime victimisation issues, which in return would benefit the area of crime prevention and crime victims' case management in health care settings. 2017-12 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/43058/ http://eprints.usm.my/43058/1/Dr._Mastura_Azalee-24_pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan |
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The aims of this thesis are to examine experiences of crime victims and post
crime health care needs among women in Kelantan. In was a mixed method study,
conducted in two phases adopting cross-sectional quantitative survey and qualitative
interviews. The respondents for the quantitative phase were selected from female
population in Kelantan who experienced either property, violent, or other types of
crime victimisation within the last 12 months. Respondents filled in survey forms that
indicated their personalities according to the Big Five personality, acute stress
reactions (ASR), general health status within one year after the crime victimisation,
and their perception of the needs of crime victims while visiting health care setting.
There were N=102 random participation in the quantitative phase. The results
suggested that there were no relationship between personality traits and the types of
crime victimisation. Marital status and employment status showed a significant
association, p< 0.05 with types of crime. In regards to personality traits and ASR, only
Neuroticism trait showed a significant correlation, r = -0.268, p< 0.05. Social
functioning and pain were significantly associated at the p < .001 level to all of
domains in the ASR. The second phase involved interviews of six crime victims who
visited hospitals or clinics due to their crime victimisation. Themes explored including
the impact of crime, experience of crime victims in healthcare institutions, the needsof crime victims, and the need for specialty in managing crime victims in Malaysia.
As a conclusion, this study has provided an understanding on the characteristics ofcrime victims, impacts of crime on health, and crime victims' needs in health care
settings. These findings emphasize the need for further research in crime victimisation
issues, which in return would benefit the area of crime prevention and crime victims'
case management in health care settings. |
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