TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlates of Social Work Students' Abortion Knowledge and Attitudes
T2 - Implications for Education and Research
AU - Begun, Stephanie
AU - Bird, Melissa
AU - Ramseyer Winter, Virginia
AU - Massey Combs, Katie
AU - McKay, Kimberly
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2016/6/6
Y1 - 2016/6/6
N2 - Researchers have established that individuals' abortion knowledge is positively associated with their support of abortion rights. However, social workers' personal beliefs regarding abortion are under-researched, even though social workers are often employed in health promotion and education roles in which the topic of abortion is encountered. The current study examines the results of a nationwide survey of social work students (N=504) and explores the relationship between social work students' abortion knowledge and abortion attitudes. Less abortion knowledge was significantly associated with antichoice attitude endorsement. Implications for social work research, training, and education are subsequently discussed.
AB - Researchers have established that individuals' abortion knowledge is positively associated with their support of abortion rights. However, social workers' personal beliefs regarding abortion are under-researched, even though social workers are often employed in health promotion and education roles in which the topic of abortion is encountered. The current study examines the results of a nationwide survey of social work students (N=504) and explores the relationship between social work students' abortion knowledge and abortion attitudes. Less abortion knowledge was significantly associated with antichoice attitude endorsement. Implications for social work research, training, and education are subsequently discussed.
KW - Abortion
KW - public health social work
KW - reproductive health
KW - social work values and ethics
KW - women's health
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U2 - 10.1080/19371918.2015.1137510
DO - 10.1080/19371918.2015.1137510
M3 - Article
C2 - 27092856
AN - SCOPUS:84964355321
SN - 1937-1918
VL - 31
SP - 276
EP - 287
JO - Social Work in Public Health
JF - Social Work in Public Health
IS - 4
ER -
