Prevalence and Impact of Workplace Sexual Harassment Experienced by Medical Sonographers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the prevalence and impact of sexual harassment among a nationwide sample of medical sonographers.

Methods

A survey was distributed anonymously to a convenience sample of medical sonographers via email contacts and sonographer-specific social media pages. Data were analyzed to determine respondent demographics, the prevalence of sexual harassment in the last 2 years, the type and severity of harassment experienced, demographics of perpetrators, personal and institutional responses to such experiences, and the impact of sexual harassment on sonographer physical and mental health and job satisfaction.

Results

Of the 220 sonographers (83% female) most (45%) were between 18 and 34 years and identified as white (81%). A total of 192 (87%) reported experi

SUBMITTER: Yi SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11623370 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature