Introduction: Violence at work is considered an important risk factor worldwide. Nurses due to their presence and practice in treatment centers, direct contact with patients and also many stresses are at risk of various types of violence. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of violence against nurses working in educational-medical centers in Rasht city. Methods: This...

Introduction: verbal violence is on of the Job insecurity in workplace which is frequent among health care workers, especially emergency personnel. This study examined verbal workplace violence against emergency medical personnel that took place north of Khuzestan province. Materials and methods: This research was a cross - sectional study using census method on 144 cases of emergency personne...

Background and Objectives: Violence in the workplace is a risk factor threatening the health of workers. Health care workers - especially nurses and health care workers are at risk from other threats, physical violence and verbal are. Methods: In this study, all nurses working in the emergency departments of hospitals selected by the University of Medical Sciences (n=52) in 1391 s...

Objective: We reviewed the public health interventions for preventing domestic violence in women and assessed efficacy of these interventions. Methods: We searched articles in PubMed, Scopus databases, and related systematic reviews in Cochrane database by the means of related key words: domestic violence, intimate partner violence, partner abuse, spouse abuse, battered women, and sexual a...

Introduction: In the past years, workplace violence in the area of health has been reported with an upward trend. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of workplace violence of emergency medical staff and relevant factors in Chaharmahal-Bakhtyari province in 2020. Methods and Materials: This descriptive, analytical, and cross-sectional research was conducted in the emergency medical cent...

Aims In recent years, violence against women is an important problem in developing and developed countries; In such a way that the World Health Organization has declared domestic violence as a public health epidemic. Violence against women is a complex social phenomenon with psychological, physical and moral damage. So, this study was designed to investigate the prevalence of domestic violence ...

Introduction: There are some tensions in occupational activities that are caused by harsh conditions and occupational violence is considered one of these tensions. Workplace violence is a global problem. Healthcare workers are globally exposed to the workplace violence more than any other workers. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between some individual and job variable...