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EDUMECENTRO

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MAURY-SINTJAGO, Eduard Antonio  and  RODRIGUEZ-FERNANDEZ, Alejandra. Homophobic attitude in Chilean nursing students. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2018, vol.10, n.3, pp.1-11. ISSN 2077-2874.

Background: homophobia among health professionals constitutes a barrier that even affects the nurse-patient relationship. Objective: to identify homophobic attitudes in Chilean students of health sciences, particularly in nursing, to warn about the need to strengthen humanistic, solidarity and respectful values. Method: a non-experimental, analytical and cross-sectional study was carried out at a private university in Santiago de Chile from 2016 to 2017. For the collection of information, theoretical methods were applied: analytic-synthetic, inductive-deductive and historical-logical; and empirical ones: the survey in the form of a questionnaire. The homophobic attitude scale (Cronbach's alpha 0.81) was applied and ranked as: respectful, prejudiced and homophobic. For the comparison of variables, the Chi2 test was used (á = 0.05). Results: it was found that 47 % of students show a respectful attitude toward homosexuals, while the rest have a prejudiced or homophobic attitude. The latter predominates among men, compared to women. Students who profess the Protestant religion are more homophobic compared to Catholics and those who do not profess any religion. Conclusions: homophobic attitudes among health professionals contribute to the vulnerability condition of sexual minorities; they increase their invisibility and put at risk access to quality health care. It is necessary to strengthen the values of humanism, solidarity and respect among them.

Keywords : sexual minorities; homophobia; students, nursing; social values; education, medical.

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