BACKGROUND Violence related injury is a serious public health issue all over the world. This study aims to assess the association between several socio-economic factors and intimate partner violence (IPV) in Nepal. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 236 women working in carpet and garment factories in Kathmandu, Nepal. Interviews were conducted to collect quantitative data on...

Aim: This study was conducted to determine physical and psychological problems faced by the pregnant women who were subjected to violence by their husbands. Method: The population of the research was consisted of 200 pregnant women who visited Pregnant Women Follow-up Polyclinics of Çorum State Hospital and were selected using simple random sampling method between May 2011 and July 2011. The da...

BACKGROUND Police officers and security guards are more exposed to violence during their work duties than the general workforce and it can damage their psychological health. Still research on specific forms of violence and a potential pathway through which violence may affect distress is scarce. AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate the association of two forms of violence with distre...

According to the World Health Organization, intimate partner violence (“IPV”) is “behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours” (1). IPV can frequently occur over a span of years and has been described as an emerging public health priority (2). ...

This study examined the types of violence experienced by physicians, nurses and nurse assistants in various departments by patients’ visitors. Few studies have focused on patients’ visitors’ violence against nurses or physicians in general hospitals and various departments in the beginning of economic crisis in Greece. A total of 250 health care staff—physicians, nurses, nurses’ assistants—took...

background & objectives: domestic violence(dv) is the most prevalent form of violence against women. it is associated with many socio-economic & psychological complications. this research was conducted to identify the causes and effects of violence against women & also characterization of victims. materials & methods: this cross sectional & prospective study included all referring women to law-...

BACKGROUND Domestic violence during pregnancy is a public health problem which violates human rights and causes an adverse effect on both maternal and fetal health. The objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of domestic violence among the pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic, to explore the associated factors, and to identify the perpetrators of domestic violence. METH...

today, the middle east is in the grip of religious violence, causing the death of thousands and displacement of millions of the people of this region. to find the roots of religious violence, which has practically paralyzed lives of millions, it is necessary to study it through an interdisciplinary approach. religious violence involves many individual and collective aspects; psychology, persona...

Objective: This study (1.) evaluated a batterer intervention program (BIP) by investigating changes in psychological variables (i.e., truthfulness, violence, lethality, control, alcohol use, drug use, and stress-coping abilities) between pretreatment and posttreatment assessments in a sample of court-mandated batterers and (2.) investigated the differential effectiveness of this same BIP for Af...

Conflict and violence in the workplace have emerged as a real but inadequately explored concern in the social work profession. The present study surveyed a national random sample of 1029 NASW members about their experiences with client violence and with physical and psychological assault in relationship to practice setting, age, gender, and experience. Although results cannot be generalized due...