Background: Violence against healthcare workers has increased globally. Poor productivity and patient care could result from this aggression against healthcare professionals. Methods: In this retrospective study, the target population was all healthcare workers who activated the white code (n=242) with...
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However, the home healthcare workers working in different environments face several safety and health hazards. These hazards include blood-borne pathogens and biological hazards, latex sensitivity, ergonomic hazards from patient lifting, violence, hostile animals, and unhygienic and dangerous conditions. ...
In 2022, the number of people living with HIV globally was approximately 39 million. The global HIV statistics for women that year showed that they made up for 53% of that total.2,3 Depending on their geographical location, women are affected differently by HIV. In Sub-Saharan Africa, ...
Sexual violence—another Public Health Emergency. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(10):e2236285. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.36285. Article PubMed Google Scholar Sellers PV. The Prosecution of Sexual Violence in conflict: The Importance of Human Rights as Means of Interpretation. 2022. ...
Threats or violence from patients was associated with turnover intention among foreign-born GPs–a comparison of four workplace factors associated with attitudes of wanting to quit one’s job as a GP. Scand J Primary Health Care. 2017;35:208–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2017.13333...
Healthcare workplace violence is a recognized hazard in the healthcare industry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2018 that approximately 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence injuries involved healthcare workers.[1] Even then, the incidence of workplace violence is likely higher...
Prevalence and correlates of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among Chinese healthcare workers exposed to physical violence: a cross-sectional study BMJ Open, 7 (7) (2017), Article e016810, 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016810 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar Sim et al., 2004 K. Sim, P.N. ...
(2022) rates of sexual violence among healthcare professionals are at least similar to those in the general population, if not higher. Caring for those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse may therefore be challenging on both a personal and professional level (Choi and Seng, 2014). A ...
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