ArticlePLOS global public health2024
A gender-based review of workplace violence amongst the global health workforce-A scoping review of the literature.
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- Workplace violence and psychosocial risks exposures: a multicenter cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Sexual harassment and workplace safety among female doctors: the hidden toll in Sri Lanka.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Workplace violence and mental health conditions among domestic workers in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study using the propensity score matching analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Workplace violence and self-reported physical and mental health: a national cross-sectional study in Lebanon.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Disparities in Working Conditions Among Maternal and Neonatal Health Personnel in a Crisis Context: The Case of the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- The rising tide of workplace violence in the healthcare sector: a global scoping review of burden, determinants, and prevention strategies (2021-2025).Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Identifying effective coping strategies against mobbing for Generations Y and Z using a Pythagorean fuzzy decision support mechanism.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A Multidisciplinary Occupational Medicine-Based Intervention Protocol for Conflict Prevention and Crisis Management in High-Stress Professional Environments.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Workplace Violence (KWVS®13): scale development and validation in the Korean context.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Us too: sexual harassment of female doctors in Sri Lanka.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Article
- Barriers to reporting workplace violence: a qualitative study of nurses' perceptions in tertiary care settings.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Exploring the Impact of Workplace Violence in Urban Emergency Departments: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Workplace violence and associated factors against nurses working in public hospitals in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Cultural Dimensions of Workplace Violence in Healthcare: A Narrative Review.Journal of nursing management · 2025Review
- Prevalence, Patterns, and Determinants of Workplace Violence Among Healthcare Providers in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health services insights · 2025Review
- Workplace harassment is associated with differences in personality traits, coping strategies and work ability: cross sectional study among healthcare professionals.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Workplace violence (WPV) impacts all levels of the health workforce, including the individual provider, organization, and society. While there is a substantial body of literature on various aspects of WPV against the health workforce, gender-based WPV (GB-WPV) has received less attention. Violence in both the workplace and broader society is rooted in gendered socio-economic, cultural, and institutional factors. Developing a robust understanding of GB-WPV is crucial to explore the differing experiences, responses, and outcomes of GB-WPV with respect to gender. We conducted a scoping review and report on the prevalence and risk factors of GB-WPV in healthcare settings globally. The review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). We registered the scoping review protocol on the Open Science Framework on January 14, 2022, at https://osf.io/t4pfb/. A systematic search was conducted of empirical literature in five health and social science databases. Of 13667, 226 studies were included in the analysis. Across the studies, more women than men experienced non-physical violence, including verbal abuse, sexual harassment, and bullying. Men experienced more physical violence compared to women. Younger age, less experience, shifting duties, specific clinical settings, lower professional status, organizational hierarchy, and minority status were found to be sensitive to gender, reflecting women's structural disadvantages in the workplace. Given the high prevalence and impact of GB-WPV on women, we provided recommendations to address systemic issues in clinical practice, academia, policy, and research.
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