BACKGROUND Workplace violence has been documented in all sectors, but female-dominated sectors such as health and social services are at particular risk. In 2007-2008, IntraHealth International assisted the Rwanda Ministries of Public Service and Labor and Health to study workplace violence in Rwanda's health sector. This article reexamines a set of study findings that directly relate to the in...

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...

objectives the research question addressed by this paper is, “what are the characteristics and findings of studies on workplace violence against emergency medical services personnel”? data sources a systematic literature review was conducted using online databases (pubmed, scopus, google scholar, and magiran) with the help of experienced librarians. study selection inclusion criteria comprised ...

after the second world war one of the most effective ways which could make an important impact on the life of minorities and deprived communities has been positive discrimination. of course, it has been always controversial in terms of its legitimacy as well as its real impact on changes. using positive discrimination to promote women's condition in many countries and fields such as enteri...

background and objectives: workplace violence against female nurses is a significant and increasing problem. this study aimed to investigate workplace violence against female nurses in three general hospitals of ilam located in western iran and identify factors influencing it incidents.   methods: seventy seven nurses were randomly selected and surveyed. the data were collected using an author-d...

Research into antigay violence has been limited by a lack of attention to issues of gender presentation. Understanding gender nonconformity is important for addressing antigay prejudice and hate crimes. We assessed experiences of gender-nonconformity-related prejudice among 396 Black, Latino, and White lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals recruited from diverse community venues in New York Ci...

Abstract Factors associated with violence against older Brazilians were analyzed according to the type of aggressor. Population-based cross-sectional study secondary data from National Health Survey in 2013, totaling 11,697 individuals aged 60 years or Brazil. The dependent variable was having suffered by a known unknown aggressor, and independent variables divided into blocks (Socioeconomic de...