Violence against healthcare professionals: perspective of local focal points in the south of Portugal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Violence against health professionals is a growing problem that affects the quality of care provided and the well-being of workers. In the Alentejo region (Southern Portugal), the Regional Health Administration has been developing strategies to prevent and combat this phenomenon, namely, through the implementation of the Action Plan for the Prevention of Violence in the Health Sector. Violence in the health sector includes all situations in which a worker in the Ministry of Health's health institutions is exposed to any type of violence related to their work, putting their safety, well-being or health at risk, or that of others. The aim of this study was to analyze the perceptions and practices of local focal points (e.g.,departments, services, offices or functional unit

SUBMITTER: Zangao MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11580559 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature