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Mediating role of future fear of violence between the direct violence and witnessed violence and psychological capital: a study of doctors and nurses [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Healthcare professionals, particulary doctors and nurses, experience a complex relationship between direct violence and witnessed violence in the workplace. This study investigates how direct and witnessed violence affect psychological capital
Orhan Çakır, İrfan Akkoç, Korhan Arun, Ebru Dığrak, Seher Akkoç, Hasibe Serap Uluırmak Ünlüeroğlugil, Çağrı Işıl Çakır   +6 more
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The need for protection: a cross-sectional analysis of direct exposure to firearm violence, attitudes towards firearms for protection, and firearm acquisition in California and Louisiana [PDF]

Injury Epidemiology
Background Firearm violence is a leading cause of injury and death in the United States. Understanding how exposure to firearm violence shapes attitudes and behaviors related to firearms is critical for informing prevention and intervention strategies ...
Julia M. Fleckman, Lexie Contreras, Andrea DaViera, Priyanka Patel, Yingwei Yang, Jakana Thomas, Jennifer Wagman, Anita Raj   +7 more
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Prevalence and determinants of workplace violence among nurses in public tertiary hospitals in Enugu state, Nigeria. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundDespite its impact on nurses' well-being, hospital efficiency, and patients' quality of care, published studies on workplace violence against nurses in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce.
Nwanneka Chidinma Ghasi, Daniel Chukwuemeka Ogbuabor   +1 more
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Consequences of workplace violence directed at nurses [PDF]

British Journal of Nursing, 2008
The consequences of workplace violence (WPV) are far-reaching, and impact on the nurse, the perpetrator and the organization. However, the authors were unable to identify any research in the literature on nurses’ perceptions of the consequences of WPV in non-teaching hospital settings.
Chapman, R., Perry, L., Styles, I., Combs, S.   +3 more
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Aggression and violence directed toward physicians [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1998
One of the most difficult situations that physicians face is being threatened, abused, or physically harmed by one of their patients. This is not an uncommon problem: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data for 1995 indicate that more workplace assaults and violent acts occur in health care and social services industries than in any other.1 Health care ...
J L, Morrison, J D, Lantos, W, Levinson
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Inequities in Community Exposure to Deadly Gun Violence by Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, and Neighborhood Disadvantage among Youth in Large US Cities

Journal of urban health, 2022
Understanding the burden of gun violence among youth is a public health imperative. While most estimates are based on direct and witnessed victimization, living nearby gun violence incidents may be consequential too.
N. Kravitz-Wirtz, A. Bruns, A. Aubel, Xiaoya Zhang, Shani A. L. Buggs   +4 more
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A Systematic Review Exploring Variables Related to Bystander Intervention in Sexual Violence Contexts

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2022
This article presents a systematic review of the available literature which has investigated the role of key variables in facilitating or inhibiting bystander intervention (including direct intervention, tertiary and secondary prevention) in sexual ...
Chelsea Mainwaring, Fiona Gabbert, A. Scott   +2 more
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Três formas de violência, três formas de paz. A paz, a guerra e a formação social indo-europeia

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2005
In social formations, forms of violence coexist with forms of peace. This article analyzes the coexistence, in the Indo-European social formation, of cultural violence (the production of ideas that justify the other forms of violence) with cultural peace
Johan Galtung
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Early Childhood Violence Exposure Patterns in The Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2023
Background: Research has highlighted high rates of exposure to violence among South African youth. However, work to date has been largely cross-sectional, focused on violence exposure during the adolescence period, and has been limited to specific types ...
Marilyn Lake, Lucinda Tsunga, Susan Malcolm-Smith, Sarah L. Halligan, Heather Zar, Nadia Hoffman, Dan J. Stein, Kirsten Donald, Jon Heron, Abigail Fraser   +9 more
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Violeta Miqueli's Direct Action against State Violence

The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2023
Violeta Miqueli Mayoz de González (Key West 1891- New Jersey 1972) was an educator and an executive member of ethnic and anarchist groups. She actively participated in their direct action and wrote for their periodicals in Key West, Tampa, New York ...
Montse Feu
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