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    Nature and Prevalence of Sexual Harassment Against Female Medical Interns a Study at two Teaching Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2020GC
    (Addis Abeba University, 2021-06) Tesfa, Tigist; Dr.Hassan, Salih (Consultant and Assistant professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics); Dr.Alemu, Wolela(Consultant and Assistant professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics)
    Background Violence against women is a deep-rooted problem in the world. For example, a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) found that female medical students were 220% more likely than non-science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to face sexual harassment from faculty or staff. Objective To determine the prevalence and nature of sexual harassment against female medical interns at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital and Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College in 2020 GC Methodology Mixed concurrent nested qualitative and quantitative study conducted at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Teaching Hospital and St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1 June 2020 GC to 30 June, 2021Gc using the female medical interns as target population and Semi-structured questionnaire for data collection after obtaining ethical clearance and data analysis was done by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 program. Result A total of 76 female medical interns were included in the study. The prevalence of sexual harassment was 96.05%. The most common nature of sexual harassment was a suggestive comment (61 out of 76 respondents), "inappropriate remarks" (59/76 respondents) and "request for dates" (59 out of 76 respondents), and "unwanted physical contact," accounting for 76.31% or 58 out of the 76 respondents. One female medical intern reported attempted rape from TASH, and the perpetrator was "other school staff." Conclusion There is a high prevalence rate of sexual harassment against female medical interns at TASH and SPHMMC, and experiences of harassment range from subtle comments and suggestive gestures to overt behaviors and attempted rape Perpetrators are primarily institutional insiders (lecturers, supervisors, instructors), classmates, and other school staff; other students, patients, and patient attendants are also perpetrators Sexual harassment awareness-creation trainings at the beginning of the academic year for medical students and school staff. And briefing on how, to whom and where to report incidents is recommended A large scale research in Ethiopian medical schools for better understanding of the problem is recommended