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Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession
Background: There is a lack of research on social image, prestige, and the position of the paramedic profession in the social structure. The main objective of the study was to determine the place of the paramedic profession in the hierarchy of prestige of professions as viewed by the public. In oper...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915597/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33562521 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041506 |
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author | Majchrowska, Anita Pawlikowski, Jakub Jojczuk, Mariusz Nogalski, Adam Bogusz, Renata Nowakowska, Luiza Wiechetek, Michał |
author_facet | Majchrowska, Anita Pawlikowski, Jakub Jojczuk, Mariusz Nogalski, Adam Bogusz, Renata Nowakowska, Luiza Wiechetek, Michał |
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description | Background: There is a lack of research on social image, prestige, and the position of the paramedic profession in the social structure. The main objective of the study was to determine the place of the paramedic profession in the hierarchy of prestige of professions as viewed by the public. In operationalizing the term ‘prestige’, we deemed the word ‘respect’ to best fit the sense of the subjective evaluation of prestige with regard to a profession. Material and methods: The data comes from cross-sectional survey-based research. The research was carried out on a group of 600 people over 18 years of age. The sample was of a random nature, and the selection of respondents was calculated on the basis of them being representative of the Polish population. Results: The median of respect declared for the paramedic profession, on a scale of 1 to 5, was 4.49, which placed the profession in fourth place in the ranking. The assessment of respect for paramedics among other medical professions placed them in third place, directly after doctors and midwifes. Conclusions: The profession of paramedic is characterized by high social prestige, locating it at the forefront of the medical profession and other examined professions, but its social position, expressed by objective measures (earnings, structural possibilities, social power), is significantly lower. |
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spelling | pubmed-79155972021-03-01 Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession Majchrowska, Anita Pawlikowski, Jakub Jojczuk, Mariusz Nogalski, Adam Bogusz, Renata Nowakowska, Luiza Wiechetek, Michał Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: There is a lack of research on social image, prestige, and the position of the paramedic profession in the social structure. The main objective of the study was to determine the place of the paramedic profession in the hierarchy of prestige of professions as viewed by the public. In operationalizing the term ‘prestige’, we deemed the word ‘respect’ to best fit the sense of the subjective evaluation of prestige with regard to a profession. Material and methods: The data comes from cross-sectional survey-based research. The research was carried out on a group of 600 people over 18 years of age. The sample was of a random nature, and the selection of respondents was calculated on the basis of them being representative of the Polish population. Results: The median of respect declared for the paramedic profession, on a scale of 1 to 5, was 4.49, which placed the profession in fourth place in the ranking. The assessment of respect for paramedics among other medical professions placed them in third place, directly after doctors and midwifes. Conclusions: The profession of paramedic is characterized by high social prestige, locating it at the forefront of the medical profession and other examined professions, but its social position, expressed by objective measures (earnings, structural possibilities, social power), is significantly lower. MDPI 2021-02-05 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7915597/ /pubmed/33562521 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041506 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Majchrowska, Anita Pawlikowski, Jakub Jojczuk, Mariusz Nogalski, Adam Bogusz, Renata Nowakowska, Luiza Wiechetek, Michał Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession |
title | Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession |
title_full | Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession |
title_fullStr | Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession |
title_full_unstemmed | Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession |
title_short | Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession |
title_sort | social prestige of the paramedic profession |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915597/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33562521 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041506 |
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