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    Preventing violence in health and nursing
    (Maltepe Üniversitesi, 2020) Duarte, Cristiano; Matias, Claudia; Magalhaes, Regina
    Violence is a serious social problem in today’s world, as increases in the levels of aggression are detected each year. Each of us has been a victim, a witness, or even a perpetrator. It causes a great deal of mental trauma which impacts people’s lives. According to the Confederation of Independent Bulgarian Union of Health and Medicinal Institutions, about 7.5% of the medical staff was subjected to physical abuse, 71% of which were women. Most often (40.7%), the target of physical abuse are nurses, mostly by the patients. More than one-third of the medical staff were victims of mental violence, mainly verbal harassment and psychological abuse. It is again the nurses who are at the most risk of this type of abuse, a substantial 28% of them for whom the abuse caused by their superiors arises as part of the administrative part of their occupation. Violence is a highly prominent problem with long-lasting repercussions on the mental health and behaviour of those who conduct it and of those who experience it. The purpose of this research is to document the cases and to propose a mechanism to prevent violence which, when acted upon, will reduce the outbursts of this antisocial behaviour. In order to achieve the intended results, one has to: raise awareness of the problem at hand among their community. The main message is for people to be mindful not to come across as disparaging towards the victims of abuse. The media is the most appropriate tool for spreading knowledge about abuse among the general public. include groups, organisations and institutions into the preventative work, which will increase the potential for restricting the problem. This is possible by increasing awareness and involving like-minded supporters of the cause. Encourage prevention which takes a different form when it is discussed with potential victims of abuse. In this regard, individual meetings with the victims can be organised where personalised advice can be shared with them. The social problem of aggression increases every year. The first step towards its resolution is the establishment of good social role models. Prevention is a life-long process which empowers one with decision-taking towards steering them away from the potential of being the target of abuse. This is what we strive for nowadays.