healthcare sector as of December 8, 2010. It references statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The possible reasons for the permeation of violence in the healthcare sector include the portrayal of health care as a...
Although no one disputes the fact that violence occurs in healthcare, we are still hampered by a dearth of firm statistics about the prevalence of workplace violence in healthcare settings. Data are collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) only on episodes of nonfatal violence that...
In the literature, it has also been determined that violence in health is a root cause of brain drain [6]. Brain drain is defined to move from one country to another to obtain a better quality of life and technological and political conditions [7]. Healthcare worker migration, called the...
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Healthcare costs increase in communities with teen violence. Costs arise from injury and death, such as medical care and funeral expenses. Decreasing property values affect areas with high incidents of teen violence, impacting both long time residents and new residents. ...
National consensus guidelines on identifying and responding to domestic violence victimization in health care settings. San Francisco: Family Violence Prevention Fund; 2002... FVP Fund - 《Bureau of Justice Statistics》 被引量: 194发表: 2002年 Women's responses to screening for domestic violence in...
only 4 of them gave permission to use their data. We obtained access to the data by retrospectively collecting them from medical records of patients in the four healthcare facilities. The questionnaire administered compiled demographic details such as age, history of SV, physical disability (present...
Factors such as place of residence, age, educational status, husband/partner educational level, employment status, healthcare decision-making, husband/partner’s drug and alcohol abuse, sex of household head, and wealth index were identified to be associated with sexual violence in previous studies ...
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Focuses on the need for strong advocacy by nurses and nursing organizations in the United States to ensure safety in the health care workplace. Initiatives undertaken by the healthcare community to address workplace violence; Findings of the Bureau of Justice Statistics special report 'Workplace Vi...