Table of contents - Special Issue: Minimising violence against health care workers
Guest Editors: Evelien Spelten, Peter O'Meara
Managing and preventing acts of violence against health workers: results of a review evaluating hospital control procedures
Stefano Ferracuti, Benedetta Barchielli, Christian Napoli, Anna Maria Giannini, Giovanna ParmigianiViolence against health-care workers represents a public health issue that affects individuals, organizations and may have legal consequences. In Italy, workplace violence (WPV…
The role of organizational culture in normalizing paramedic exposure to violence
Justin Mausz, Mandy Johnston, Elizabeth Anne DonnellyViolence against paramedics is a complex – but underreported – problem. Extant research suggests organizational culture may play a role in sustaining cultural norms that downplay…
Violence against emergency healthcare workers: different perpetrators, different approaches
Evelien Spelten, Julia van Vuuren, Peter O’Meara, Brodie Thomas, Mathieu Grenier, Richard Ferron, Jennie Helmer, Gina AgarwalThis study aims to investigate whether emergency health-care workers distinguish between different categories of perpetrators of violence and how they respond to different types…
The impact of body-worn cameras on the incidence of occupational violence towards paramedics: a systematic review
Liam Bruton, Hunter Johnson, Luke MacKey, Aaron Farok, Liz Thyer, Paul M. SimpsonRecent evidence indicates an increasing incidence of occupational violence (OV) towards paramedics. Body-worn cameras (BWC) have been posited as an intervention that may deter…
A multi-agency approach to reducing harms from violence and aggression directed towards ambulance services staff in Wales (UK)
Nigel Rees, Patrick Rees, Lois Hough, Dylan Parry, Nicola White, Brady BowesAmbulance services staff worldwide have long been at risk of encountering violence and aggression directed towards them during their work. Verbal forms of violence and aggression…
The “disease” of violence against health-care workers is a wicked problem. Managing and preventing violence in health-care
Alycia Jacob, Damhnat McCann, Penny Buykx, Brodie Thomas, Evelien Spelten, Rebecca Schultz, Leigh Kinsman, Elisabeth JacobThis paper aims to illustrate the complexity of understanding and managing violent behaviour in health care. The authors will show how different perceptions of the reasons for…
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- Associate Prof Philip Birch