Sexual harassment – a touchy subject for nurses

Cogin, Julie; Fish, Alan

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“…For the studies focused on nurses, some of them reported that physicians or other coworkers were identified as the primary perpetrators of SH 7,18,29) . Other literature demonstrated that the most common perpetrators in all types of SH were patients, followed by doctors or other staff 12,25) . The prevalence of SH by patients' relatives was reported to be lower than the prevalences of SH by colleagues and patients 7,18) .…”

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“…As to the issue of the perpetrators of SH, physicians and other coworkers have been reported as the most common source of SH 4,18) . Some literature has also demonstrated that the most common perpetrators of all types of SH were patients, followed by doctors, other work colleagues and visitors or patients' relatives 12,19) . A broad type of behaviors can be viewed as SH.…”

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“…Empirically, nurses are the most vulnerable population to SH among hospital workers 10,11) . Numerous studies have reported a high prevalence of SH among nurses during their careers, ranging from 30 to 97% 12) . For female doctors, SH has also been commonly reported to be as high as 77% among family physicians 13) , 58.3% among residents 14) and 59% among medical students 15) .…”

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Workplace Sexual Harassment in Two General Hospitals in Taiwan: The Incidence, Perception, and Gender Differences

Wang

Chen

Sheng

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Journal of Occupational Health

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Workplace Sexual Harassment in Two General Hospitals in Taiwan: The Incidence, Perception, and Gender Differences: Liang‐Jen WANG, et al. Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Taiwan— Objectives The aims of this study were to examine sexual harassment (SH) among hospital staffs in Taiwan, in terms of three‐month incidence rate, the frequency of each type and the perception of SH, perpetrated by coworkers, patients and patients' families and to investigate the gender differences for these issues. Methods The subjects were employees at two general hospitals in Taiwan. The self‐administered “Hospital Sexual Harassment Questionnaire” was sent to eligible staff, and the voluntary respondents answered the questionnaire anonymously. There were 536 respondents available for analysis, with an overall response rate of 43.4%. Results The three‐month incidence rates of SH by coworkers, patients, and patients' families in our study population were 2.4, 4.3, and 1.7%, respectively. Telling sexual jokes was the most common type of SH. The males had greater opportunities to be exposed to porn videos by their coworkers. The females were more frequently exposed to sex jokes and remarks made by patients and their family members and unwanted physical touching by patients in the workplace. There were significant differences with regard to the perception of sex jokes and sexually explicit verbal descriptions as SH or not between genders. Conclusions The information in this study can be a helpful reference for administrators in hospitals when they are establishing education plans and policies. It might be possible to prevent sexual harassment and misunderstandings between genders and to further avoid the negative impact on the emotional well‐being of workers in hospitals.

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Workplace Sexual Harassment in Two General Hospitals in Taiwan: The Incidence, Perception, and Gender Differences

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“…The pilot was distributed to 20 participants and the feedback was used to make slight modifications and ultimately tailor it to the target population. The threshold on whether harassment was deemed serious was set at the values specified in the study by Cogin, J. et al (2002); when at least 60% of female staff and 34% of male staff report sexual harassment [8]. Of the 500 questionnaires, 233 were returned.…”

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Study on the Existence and Extent of Harassment among Medical Staff in a Saudi University Hospital

Aljerian¹,

Almadani²,

Alharbi³

2017

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A questionnaire was distributed amongst staff to determine the existence and extent of harassment in the studied hospital. Harassment wasn't recognized as a problem by 45.8% of hospital staff. However, participants felt harassment was a serious issue. It is therefore recommended that substantial actions be taken to reduce harassment. A transparent, widely known, valid, readily accessible, and effective system for complaints is needed.

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“…23 Empirically, nurses are the most vulnerable population to SH among hospital workers. 24,25 Numerous studies have reported a high prevalence of SH among nurses during their careers, ranging from 30 to 97% . For female doctors, SH has also been commonly reported to be as high as 77% among family physicians, 58.3% among residents and 59% among medical students.…”

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Sexual Harassment: A Growing Concern for Women in Indian Healthcare Industry

Singh¹,

Patnaik²,

Prabhakaran³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Research Foundation of Hospital and Healthcare Administration

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Centuries of development in the field of medicine, has been one among the many indispensable major factors behind India's sky-high growth and overall prosperity. Medicine has evolved itself from being just a subject of applied sciences at clinical level to become an industry occupied in constantly increasing the life-expectancy of the man kind. The Indian healthcare industry has been making an immense contribution in improving the quality of healthcare and ancillary services to the second largest populous country in the world, which shall continue only if every employee is secured from work-place crimes like sexual harassment. An employee is considered to be a victim of sexual harassment when he or she is mentally or/and physically pressurized against his or her will to get sexually exploited by a co-employee or a superior at his or her work-place. The Indian Penal Code along with several legislations governing the Indian healthcare industry have recognized the seriousness of 'sexual harassment at work-place', calling for an immediate attention from both legal and medical fraternity.

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Sexual harassment – a touchy subject for nurses

Abstract: This paper illustrates the prevalence of different types of SH and the causes for male and female nurses that have not been investigated previously. The results help health managers make informed decisions in regard to intervention strategies.

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Workplace Sexual Harassment in Two General Hospitals in Taiwan: The Incidence, Perception, and Gender Differences

Workplace Sexual Harassment in Two General Hospitals in Taiwan: The Incidence, Perception, and Gender Differences

Study on the Existence and Extent of Harassment among Medical Staff in a Saudi University Hospital

Sexual Harassment: A Growing Concern for Women in Indian Healthcare Industry

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