Two young nurses working at a regional hospital saw abused women turning up to be treated daily and apart from helping to treat them they also wanted to understand the cause and effect of such violence.
So Osiola Gilbert-Chilcott and Yoshada Khairu, both nurses at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, decided to research the predictors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) within families of Zeelugt and Klien Pouderoyen, both communities in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara).
Their research, which assisted them in successfully completing their bachelor’s degrees in nursing, identified some predictors and they have also made some recommendations which they hope can be used in addressing the issue in Guyana.
