Workplace violence, a possible cause of job stress, has recently become an important concern in occupational health. This study determined the prevalence of workplace violence and its risk factors for employees at a psychiatric hospital in Taiwan. A questionnaire developed by ILO/ICN/WHO/PSI was first translated and validated. It was then used to survey the prevalence of workplace violence in t...

Occupational violence is of growing interest to both individuals and organisations in the health field. Not surprisingly, staff who work directly on the front line are more vulnerable to episodes of physical violence from the general public. However, violence manifests in a number of ways, and any person in the workplace can experience it at anytime. Occupational violence should be viewed as an...

BACKGROUND Violence at work is one of the major concerns in health care activities. The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of physical and non-physical violence in a general health care facility in Italy and to assess the relationship between violence and psychosocial factors, thereby providing a basis for appropriate intervention. METHODS All health care workers from a public h...

background: there are high levels of sexual harassment in health care systems. also, workplace violence occurs against ethnic and racial minorities. this study aimed to identify the frequency of and the factors contributing to and preventing sexual and racial harassment in the workplace towards health professionals in iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 6500 out of 57000 ...

Workplace violence against Doctors is a serious health and safety concern of the medical community in Karachi. This cross-sectional study has explored the frequency of workplace aggression directed towards doctors in a year. Using convenience sampling, data was collected from 354 doctors working in Civil Hospital, Karachi, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical and Dental College, Abassi Shaheed Hospital ...

For many years, health care and social service workers have faced a significant risk of job-related violence. Assaults represent a serious safety and health hazard for these industries, and violence against their employees continues to increase. OSHAs new violence prevention guidelines provide the agencys recommendations for reducing workplace violence developed following a careful review of wo...

Decreasing both workplace and school violence needs to be a priority of individuals, families, communities, and workplaces for the effort to be successful. Key factors associated with school and workplace violence such as parental influences, school staff and police involvement, peer pressure, student influences such as drug and alcohol abuse and a preoccupation with weapons, and the mass media...

AIM This quality improvement project aims to reduce nurse-to-nurse lateral violence and create a more respectful workplace culture through a series of workshops. BACKGROUND Lateral violence is common and pervasive in nursing, with detrimental physical, psychological and organizational consequences. METHODS This project describes the organization-wide pre- and post-intervention survey of reg...