title: [Attitude of primary care professionals to gender violence. A comparative study between Catalonia and Costa Rica].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe the relationship between the attitude towards violence against women (VAW) of professionals of the health of primary care with variables such professional satisfaction, workload, orientation of professional practice, knowledge, training and use of network in Catalonia and Costa Rica.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-exploratory and comparative study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary care in Barcelona and nearby counties and the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) of Costa Rica.
  
  
  METHODS
  235 primary health professionals of Medicine, Nursing, Psychology and Social Work.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaire with eight sections about attitudes, professional satisfaction, and orientation of professional practice, workload, knowledge, training and use of network. Three types of analysis were carried out: a descriptive one by country; a bivariate analysis; and a multivariable linear regression model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Primary Health Professionals attitudes towards VAW health were similar in both contexts (Catalonia: 3.90 IC 95% 3.84-3.96; Costa Rica: 4.03 IC 95% 3.94-4.13). The variables associated with attitudes towards VAW were: Use of network resources (B=0.20, 95% CI -0.14-0.25, P=<.001), Training (B=0.10, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.17, P=<0.001), and country, Costa Rica (B=0.16, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.25, P=<0.001). There was no interaction between the country and the other variables, suggesting that the association between the variables and the attitude is similar in both countries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that increased use of network resources and training are related to a positive attitude towards VWA in primary health professionals, both in Catalonia and Costa Rica.
authors.affiliation: Doctorado en Psicología de la Salud y del Deporte, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: rkattia@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Kattia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rojas Loría
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Clínica, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Rosado
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Estadística, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alvarado
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo, Sant Joan Déu Parc Sanitari, Fundació Sant Joan Déu, Barcelona, España; Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sidney, Australia.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández Sánchez
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence
keywords: Actitudes; Atención Primaria; Attitude; Health professionals; Primary Care; Profesionales de la salud; Violence against women; Violencia de género