http://hdl.handle.net/10174/678 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:58:52 GMT 2026-09-27T05:58:52Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42625 Title: Gender-related violence and harassment in healthcare: A booklet on interventions Authors: Rebelo dos Santos, Nuno; Viseu, João; Semedo, Carla; Pais, Leonor; Agostinho, Inês; Farinha, Margarida; Pereira, Anabela; Lopes, Silvia; Carvalho, Carla; Oliveira, Soraia; Vieira, Ana; Menício, Ana; Cerdeira, Diogo; Giustini, Marco; Bello, Paola; Caldeira, Dulce; Hidalgo, Inés; Saavedra, Inês; Dantas, Carina; Fidalgo, Maria do Rosário; Czakert, Jan Philipp; Muñiz Sierra, Héctor; Carannante, Anna; Fazio, Cacilia; Gaudi, Simona; Salkunić, Šefik; Suarez Alvarez, Óscar; Molan, Maja; Varela Aller, Noelia; Huerta, Marta; Plamberger, Petja; Rojko, Lucja Editors: Centro de Investigação em Educação e Psicologia Abstract: Workplace violence (WPV) and gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) are persistent and pervasive challenges in healthcare systems worldwide, representing critical threats to workers’ safety, well-being, and retention. Effective, evidence-based interventions are therefore critical to preventing violence, strengthening organisational responses, and fostering safer, more equitable healthcare environments. The main purpose of this booklet is to synthesise selected evidence-based strategies for the prevention and intervention of WPV and GBVH in healthcare settings, and to provide informed recommendations to guide the development and implementation of strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness in addressing the problem, serving as a guide to good practices. Hence, this work is directed at hospital administrators, occupational health services, policymakers, union representatives, and other groups or individuals interested in WPV and GBVH in healthcare settings. This booklet is structured into five interconnected sections that provide a broader overview of WPV and GBVH in healthcare settings: introduction, methods, results, reflexive synthesis with practical recommendations, and conclusions. The introductory section conceptualises WPV and GBVH in healthcare settings and outlines the purpose and objectives of this document. The second section offers a methodological overview of the data sources, search strategy, eligibility criteria, and study selection. To accomplish its purpose, structured searches were conducted and contributions from experts on the field were solicited to collect and select case studies of interest, respecting the following criteria: (1) prevention or intervention programme with an pre- or quasi-experimental design, (2) relevance to GBVH, (3) heterogeneity of perpetrators and victims, (4) gap-filling potential given what is known from published research, (5) novelty or innovative approach to the phenomenon, and (6) practical applicability. The results section is divided into a general overview of findings, a level of implementation (individual and organisational), a gender analysis, and a deeper analysis section. The 17 analysed case studies show an overemphasis on individual-level educational interventions, mainly directed at healthcare workers (as victims), leaving aside patients and their relatives, who are the majority of perpetrators. These interventions particularly focus on training and educational programmes aimed at improving workers’ awareness, communication skills and capacity to respond to violent incidents. While these approaches are valuable in mitigating the adverse consequences of WPV, they are insufficient on their own to effectively prevent violent incidents. The potential role of bystanders in interrupting and de-escalating violent situations remains largely overlooked. Furthermore, many interventions disproportionately target nurses and nursing students, suggesting the underrepresentation of other healthcare professionals. The results also highlight the importance of recognising the gendered and cultural dimensions of WPV and harassment, which remain insufficiently integrated in existing interventions. There is also a lack of long-term assessment of improvements reported shortly after interventions. Although less reported, organisational-level interventions demonstrate strong potential. In particular, systemic interventions that use novel technological and digital solutions to address underreporting at the organisational level, improve surveillance systems, and foster a perception of safety at work. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and implementing protocols that hold perpetrators responsible based on their actions, role, clinical conditions and the gender aspect of violence should be addressed. The complex phenomena of WPV and GBVH, shaped by multiple determinants, call for a careful reflection on these findings to provide several practical recommendations for the promotion of safer and healthier workplaces in healthcare, which should be taken together in multi-level interventions, considering individual, interpersonal, organisational, socio, and intercultural levels in an integrative and coherent way. Therefore, practical recommendations can be summarised as follows:  Promote implementation of multi-level interventions  Expand interventions to all healthcare professional groups and relevant actors  Strengthen reporting, monitoring, and surveillance systems  Integrate gender-sensitive approaches  Increase intercultural literacy in healthcare  Implement long-term evaluations to assess sustained impact. 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A ideia do livro emerge da experiência de um reencontro que se deu no contexto de um pós-doutoramento, na Universidade de Évora/Portugal, realizado no segundo semestre de 2023. O uso da palavra reencontro justifica-se, pois, meses antes do pós-doutoramento, o primeiro encontro deu-se no curso “Narrativas em Educação e Saúde: aprender a construir relações,saberes e práticas a partir das experiências vividas”, ofertado pelas professoras (e autoras) Conceição Leal da Costa e Camila Aloisio Alves no mês de julho de 2023. Nele, a semente deste livro nascia (ainda que na época não nos déssemos conta disso), a partir das experiências constitutivas da nossa trajetória docente que começaram a ganhar forma por meio da abordagem narrativa biográfica. No escopo do referido curso, as nossas histórias, que contam sobre os nossos percursos formativos e profissionais, servem de base para a reflexão e a análise desenvolvidas ao longo deste livro. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10174/41433 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/41301 Title: Nas asas da Leitura. Rumo ao além-mar. Práticas de leitura na educação escolar no Brasil e em Portugal Authors: Favinha, Marília; João, Araújo; Adriana, Santos; Luiz, Tiroli Abstract: Ler é atravessar fronteiras do pensamento, da linguagem e da cultura. É por meio da leitura que se abrem janelas para o mundo e se constroem pontes entre tempos, espaços e sujeitos. Este livro, Nas Asas da Leitura Rumo ao Além-Mar: Práticas de Leitura na Educação Escolar no Brasil e em Portugal, é resultado de um esforço coletivo que ultrapassa os limites geográficos para refletir, com profundidade e sensibilidade, sobre as práticas de leitura no contexto escolar, em dois países unidos pela Língua Portuguesa e por muitos desafios e esperanças no campo da educação. A obra reúne experiências, análises e proposições que evidenciam a leitura como prática fundante do processo educativo e como eixo estruturante para a formação de sujeitos críticos, sensíveis e socialmente comprometidos. Ao valorizar as práticas desenvolvidas tanto no Brasil quanto em Portugal, o livro contribui para o fortalecimento de uma rede de diálogo intercultural que reconhece as especificidades dos contextos escolares, sem perder de vista os horizontes comuns que nos conectam no compromisso com uma educação mais justa, democrática e humanizadora. Este percurso de investigação, que se expressa nas páginas seguintes, foi possível graças ao empenho de professoras, professores, pesquisadoras e pesquisadores que, mesmo diante das adversidades impostas pelo contexto da pandemia e pós pandemia, mantiveram viva a convicção de que a leitura é também uma forma de resistência, de esperança e de reinvenção pedagógica. 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