Investigating the Level of Exposure to Violence in the Health Supervisions by Environmental Health Inspectors of the Centers Affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2022
Introduction and purpose: One of the dangers that environmental health experts face at work is violence, the incidents of which are observed every year. The type and extent of this violence depend on the ethics of the operator. This s tudy aimed to determine the s tate of violence among environmenta...
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| author | Ehsan Zarei Mohammad rafiei Habibollah Rahimi Mohsen Hosami Arani Mehrnoush Abtahi Mohasel |
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| description | Introduction and purpose: One of the dangers that environmental health experts face at work is violence, the incidents of which are observed every year. The type and extent of this violence depend on the ethics of the operator. This s tudy aimed to determine the s tate of violence among environmental health experts in Kashan and Aran va Bidgol, Isfahan, Iran.
Methods: In this descriptive s tudy, 53 environmental health inspectors working in the centers affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran, were selected. The data collection tool was a 58-item reliability-validated ques tionnaire consis ting of four parts, including physical violence (18 items), psychological violence (12 items), sexual violence (12 items), and racial violence (12 items), and there were three open ques tions at the end of the ques tionnaire. After the ques tionnaire was completed, information was recorded in SPSS software, and analysis was performed using independent t, Chi-square, and Fisher s tatis tical tes ts.
Results: According to the results, 30% of the subjects experienced a physical attack, 90% verbal violence, and 7% racial violence in the pas t three years. No cases of sexual violence were reported. Moreover, the curator's insult to the inspectors had no relationship with the inspectors' behavior and was influenced by factors related to the curator himself and cultural and social factors.
Conclusion: Based on the results, a combination of personnel training and improving their communication skills, as well as behavioral training for attendants, would be effective in reducing cases of violence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09471dc03951471fad36d709d19a01592023-03-01T07:56:55ZfasMazandaran University of Medical Sciencesتحقیقات سلامت در جامعه2423-67722423-67642023-01-01842838Investigating the Level of Exposure to Violence in the Health Supervisions by Environmental Health Inspectors of the Centers Affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2022Ehsan Zarei0Mohammad rafiei1Habibollah Rahimi2Mohsen Hosami Arani3Mehrnoush Abtahi Mohasel4 MPH Environmental Health, MPH Department, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran PhD Student, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Workplace Health Promotion Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Introduction and purpose: One of the dangers that environmental health experts face at work is violence, the incidents of which are observed every year. The type and extent of this violence depend on the ethics of the operator. This s tudy aimed to determine the s tate of violence among environmental health experts in Kashan and Aran va Bidgol, Isfahan, Iran. Methods: In this descriptive s tudy, 53 environmental health inspectors working in the centers affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran, were selected. The data collection tool was a 58-item reliability-validated ques tionnaire consis ting of four parts, including physical violence (18 items), psychological violence (12 items), sexual violence (12 items), and racial violence (12 items), and there were three open ques tions at the end of the ques tionnaire. After the ques tionnaire was completed, information was recorded in SPSS software, and analysis was performed using independent t, Chi-square, and Fisher s tatis tical tes ts. Results: According to the results, 30% of the subjects experienced a physical attack, 90% verbal violence, and 7% racial violence in the pas t three years. No cases of sexual violence were reported. Moreover, the curator's insult to the inspectors had no relationship with the inspectors' behavior and was influenced by factors related to the curator himself and cultural and social factors. Conclusion: Based on the results, a combination of personnel training and improving their communication skills, as well as behavioral training for attendants, would be effective in reducing cases of violence.http://jhc.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-773-en.htmlenvironmental health inspectorhealth monitoringkashanviolence |
| spellingShingle | Ehsan Zarei Mohammad rafiei Habibollah Rahimi Mohsen Hosami Arani Mehrnoush Abtahi Mohasel Investigating the Level of Exposure to Violence in the Health Supervisions by Environmental Health Inspectors of the Centers Affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2022 تحقیقات سلامت در جامعه environmental health inspector health monitoring kashan violence |
| title | Investigating the Level of Exposure to Violence in the Health Supervisions by Environmental Health Inspectors of the Centers Affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2022 |
| title_full | Investigating the Level of Exposure to Violence in the Health Supervisions by Environmental Health Inspectors of the Centers Affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2022 |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the Level of Exposure to Violence in the Health Supervisions by Environmental Health Inspectors of the Centers Affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Level of Exposure to Violence in the Health Supervisions by Environmental Health Inspectors of the Centers Affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2022 |
| title_short | Investigating the Level of Exposure to Violence in the Health Supervisions by Environmental Health Inspectors of the Centers Affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2022 |
| title_sort | investigating the level of exposure to violence in the health supervisions by environmental health inspectors of the centers affiliated with kashan university of medical sciences in 2022 |
| topic | environmental health inspector health monitoring kashan violence |
| url | http://jhc.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-773-en.html |
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