促使急救医疗技术人员接触工作场所暴力的因素:一项跨部门研究
Tshikani Lewis Khoza1, Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya2, Nombeko Mshunqane3
1Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.
概括
在高省,针对急救医疗技术人员 (EMT) 的工作场所暴力与高犯罪率,不平等和社区脆弱性有关. 解决这些因素对于制定有效的预防计划至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 紧急医疗技术人员 (EMT) 在不受控制的紧急环境中面临着工作场所暴力的重大风险.
- 在南非高省,公共部门的急救人员经历了严重的暴力形式,包括袭击,抢劫和谋杀.
- 由于缺乏关于公共部门EMTs在高暴力倾向的因素的全面研究,因此需要进行这项研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查公共服务EMTs在Gauteng省的工作场所暴力的社区因素.
- 为了确定EMT在公共卫生保健机构所经历的暴力的根本原因.
主要方法:
- 通过向高省社区成员管理的问卷收集定量数据.
- 总共分析了413个已填写的问卷.
- 描述性统计和二项式测试用于数据分析.
主要成果:
- 在高州,针对EMT的职场暴力与高犯罪率有很大关系.
- 社会经济因素,包括贫困社区的不平等和经济贫困,有助于EMT的脆弱性.
- 社区内对无序行为缺乏后果的感知加剧了这个问题.
结论:
- 社区层面的因素是高州对EMT工作场所暴力的主要驱动因素.
- 了解这些社区动态对于制定有针对性和有效的暴力预防策略至关重要.
- 提高EMT的安全性需要解决他们服务的社区内的更广泛的社会问题.
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