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STUDENTS' AWARENESS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE HIGHER HEALTH INSTITUTE

Aysen Kamal M. Noori

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2026-05-29
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Abstract

Sexual harassment has been an unfortunate part of educational experience, affecting students’ emotional well-being and their ability to succeed academically. The study aimed to assess the levels the general descriptive of the sample and the levels of knowledge about sexual harassment among student as well as to find-out the relationship between demographic characteristics of student and their knowledge about sexual harassment. A cross sectional study design was conducted from January 3, 2025 to May 12, 2025 on students. A purposive (non-probability) sample of (150) students selected randomly from female and male students of second year students at Higher Health Institute in the Medical City Teaching Directorate. Data was collected through the use of questionnaire by self-administered for all students and consists of two parts; first part contains the demographic characteristics of the students and the second part contains the questions regarding the assessment of respondents' knowledge of sexual harassment. Face validity of the questionnaire was determined initially through the panel of experts and the reliability was assessed by calculating alpha Cronbachs' coefficient (r= 0.940). The indicates that (52.7) of students are female, most of them (84.7) at age group (19 - 25) years old, (77.3) are single , (66.0) of them are barely sufficient income, and most of them (96.0) were Urban. The majority of students at mild level of sexual harassment knowledge. The study was limited to the assessment of knowledge and was conducted among one institution in Baghdad and in Iraq, the present study identify that the students have mild level of knowledge on sexual harassment which shows that they need further education that may help them to take proper actions if harassment ever occur.

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Sexual harassment has been an unfortunate part of educational experience, affecting students’ emotional well-being and their ability to succeed academically. The study aimed to assess the levels the general descriptive of the sample and the levels of knowledge about sexual harassment among student as well as to find-out the relationship between demographic characteristics of student and their knowledge about sexual harassment. A cross sectional study design was conducted from January 3, 2025 to May 12, 2025 on students. A purposive (non-probability) sample of (150) students selected randomly from female and male students of second year students at Higher Health Institute in the Medical City Teaching Directorate. Data was collected through the use of questionnaire by self-administered for all students and consists of two parts; first part contains the demographic characteristics of the students and the second part contains the questions regarding the assessment of respondents' knowledge of sexual harassment. Face validity of the questionnaire was determined initially through the panel of experts and the reliability was assessed by calculating alpha Cronbachs' coefficient (r= 0.940). The indicates that (52.7) of students are female, most of them (84.7) at age group (19 - 25) years old, (77.3) are single , (66.0) of them are barely sufficient income, and most of them (96.0) were Urban. The majority of students at mild level of sexual harassment knowledge. The study was limited to the assessment of knowledge and was conducted among one institution in Baghdad and in Iraq, the present study identify that the students have mild level of knowledge on sexual harassment which shows that they need further education that may help them to take proper actions if harassment ever occur.

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Noori, A. K. M. (2026). STUDENTS' AWARENESS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE HIGHER HEALTH INSTITUTE. Türkiye Mesleki ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 8. https://doi.org/10.46236/jovosst.1959058

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