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Quick Response Code Abstract: Gender based violence is a major public health concern. The main aim of this study was to examine Knowledge, Screening and Reporting practices of Health Professionals towards gender based violence among women in Kabwe District, Zambia. This was a descriptive cross section study conducted in health facilities in Kabwe district. About 207 doctors, Nurse Midwives and Clinical Officers were selected to participate in the study using stratified sampling method. Data was collected using a questionnaire and was entered into SPSS version 22. Chisquare test was used to determine associations between the variables. The statistical significance was set at 5% and confidence interval was set at 95%. The findings showed that a high percentage, 81.2% of the Health professionals had not been trained or sensitized on GBV, 79.7% of them had high level of knowledge on GBV. Slightly more than half, 54% of the Health professionals screened women for GBV, mostly upon suspicion for GBV (72.3%), which is also known as selective screening. Few of the HPs screened women for GBV often, 17.5% and very often (8.9%). The majority, 38.2% of the respondents indicated that they did not have a written institutional policy / protocol on how to screen for GBV while 30.4% did not know whether their institutions had one. Few of the HPs were very confident (22.7%) or extremely confident, 5.3% that they could screen women for GBV. Overall, the HPs‟ screening practices for GBV were inadequate (83.6%). A statistically significant relationship was observed between respondents‟ profession and their screening practices for GBV (p – 0.020). About one third, 31.4% of the HPs report GBV to legal authorities using a variety of reporting types. Very few, 12.3% of the HPs report GBV to legal authorities often, and very often, (1.4%). Overall, the Health Professionals‟ reporting practices of gender based violence were insufficient, (87%). A statistically significant relationship was observed between respondents‟ knowledge level on GBV and reporting practices (P – 0.121), training and reporting practices for GBV (p 0.039). Most of the respondents, 35.7% indicated that there was no institutional policy/protocol to guide them on how to report gender based violence to legal authorities and slightly over one third, 34,8% of the HPs did not know if there was one. Very few, 24.2% of the participants reported that they were very confident or extremely confident, 7.2% that they could report GBV to legal authorities. There is need therefore for Ministry of Health to review and periodically disseminate updated written guidelines / protocols on GBV management on screening and reporting requirements for GBV by HPs to all health institutions to keep HPs abreast on current GBV management practices. The Ministry of Health and the General Nursing and Midwifery Council of Zambia should address the gaps identified in screening women for gender based violence by including in depth information on screening and reporting policies and requirements on GBV in the Nursing curriculum.

TOPIC: Knowledge, Screening and Reporting Practices of Health Professionals towards Gender Based Violence among Women in Kabwe District, Zambia