?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Attitude+and+Myths+Towards+Rape+among+Medical+Students+in+Rajkot%2C+India&rft.creator=Chudasama%2C+RK&rft.creator=Kadri%2C+AM&rft.creator=Zalavadiya%2C+D&rft.creator=Joshi%2C+N&rft.creator=Bhola%2C+C&rft.creator=Verma%2C+M&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+Violence+against+women+takes+many+forms+%E2%80%93+physical%2C+sexual%2C+psychological+and+economic.+Violence+against+women+harms+families+and+communities+across+generations+and+reinforces+other+violence+prevalent+in+society.+Rape+myths+encompass+a+set+of+(false)+beliefs+about+rape+that+places+the+blame+on+the+victim+and+not+the+perpetrator.+Objective%3A+to+assess+the+prevailing+attitudes+on+rape+myths+among+the+medical+students.+Methods%3A+The+study+was+conducted+after+taking+informed+consent+among+346+undergraduate+medical+students+of+P+D+U+Government+Medical+College%2C+Rajkot%2C+India+from+January+to+June%2C+2013+by+using+previously+validated+questionnaire+using+updated+Illinois+Rape+Myth+Acceptance+Scale.+Results%3A+The+age+range+of+346+medical+students+was+17+to+23+years+with+172+male+and+174+female+students.+Total+24.4%25+male+and+23%25+female+students+had+very+good+positive+attitude.+One+fourth+of+male+and+one+fifth+of+female+students+had+a+more+negative+attitude.+No+relation+was+observed+for+rape+myth+acceptance+among+medical+students+for+residential+or+socio-economic+status.+Conclusion%3A+The+present+study+provides+insight+to+the+prevalence+of+attitude+and+rape+myths+towards+rape+among+medical+students.+Introduction+of+education+on+gender+violence+with+introduction+of+courses+on+%E2%80%98sexual+violence%E2%80%99+in+medical+curriculum+may+help+to+decrease+rape+incidence+and+for+better+management+of+victims.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-11-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9691%2F1%2F2013-3-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Chudasama%2C+RK+and+Kadri%2C+AM+and+Zalavadiya%2C+D+and+Joshi%2C+N+and+Bhola%2C+C+and+Verma%2C+M++(2013)+Attitude+and+Myths+Towards+Rape+among+Medical+Students+in+Rajkot%2C+India.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9691%2F