BACKGROUND Violence in the workplace is a serious social and public health problem. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of workplace violence and to identify potential predictors of workplace violence at Serbian Primary Health Care (PHC) centres. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2012 and July 2013. The sample consisted of medical and non-med...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify work-related risk factors for workplace violence in a representative sample of Korean employees. METHODS We analyzed the associations between work-related factors and workplace violence in 29,171 employees using data from the 2011 Korean Working Conditions Survey. The survey included questions about verbal abuse, unwanted sexual attention, thre...

At a time when so much violence is taking place in society and in the world, we search for some ways to make things better. Unexpectedly, current research indicates that the strategic use of the natural environment, in particular open spaces referred to as greenspace, has the potential to reduce violence in urban neighborhoods (Younan et al, 2016). This information is most welcome, and is furth...

1 Gender-based violence (GBV) is the most extreme expression of unequal gender relations in society and one of the most widespread violations of human rights. While GBV disproportionally affects women and girls, it also affects men and boys. These abuses take place all over the world in homes, schools, work-places and communities. But GBV is preventable and education and educational institution...

There is growing recognition of the risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI) among victims and survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). A wide range of physically abusive behaviors may lead to injuries to the head or neck and place an individual at risk for a TBI. The purpose of this article is to consolidate current research and present practical guidelines for professionals, who are not bra...

Violence appears in different forms and circumstances and involves distinct kinds of violent acts against children, women, elderly and other defenseless persons. This serious problem, which degrades women's integrity, is denoted by terms like domestic violence, gender violence and violence against women. Gender violence can appear as physical, psychological, sexual, economic violence, as well a...