Strategies and legal dimension of countries of the world health organization for overcoming violence against healthcare professiona

Strategies and Legal Dimensions of Countries World Health Organization for Overcoming Violence Against Healthcare Professionals Time loss of healthcare professionals due to violence increased by 66% between 2006 and 2016, and this rate was reported to be 3 times higher than the total increase rate of personnel working in police and penitentiary institutions. In 2016, it was determined that healthcare workers in Ontario were absent from work for 25,300 days due to workplace violence and harassment, which corresponds to more than 69 years. It is impossible for patients to stay safe in a place where healthcare workers are not safe. Compared to occupations working in jobs such as mining, construction and manufacturing, it has been reported that health services have more and more dangerous musculoskeletal injuries as well as violence-related injuries. As the HDI level rises, penalties for violent crimes against healthcare workers become heavier with legal regulations, and it is supported by measures to prevent violence in working conditions for employees. Being able to stand boldly at the point of zero tolerance for violence in order to be able to fight against violence legally will have a strong impact on reducing the frequency of violence. It is important to be able to report violence in order for the legal regulations to function properly. It is seen that 91.6% of the individuals are not aware of the criminal information in the case of the subsequent judicial process and punishment information in the face of violent crimes against the healthcare worker. In countries with a high HDI category, post-violence workers are seen to be adversely affected. Since professional personnel are needed for the proper functioning of health systems, it is inevitable for countries with low HDI categories to have laws protecting health workers. Violence is not an integral part of the work environment. Employees have the right to work in a safe and respectful environment free from violence. Violence is constantly burning in an unstoppable state, standing like a fire that cannot be untied in the health system. All forms of violence targeting employees are frequently associated with health facilities. The aim of the study is to contribute to the field of health law and to give ideas and direction in the fight against violence against health workers with the results. In this study, countries were randomly selected from six different regions of WHO. In the selection phase of the countries, the countries in the four different categories of the Human Development Index were matched with the countries in the six different categories of the WHO, and the selection of the countries was completed. As a result of these elections, from African Region countries; Mauritius, Algeria, Ghana, Mali from America Region countries Canada, Cuba, Guyana (no countries with low human development level), from Southeast Asian countries (no countries with very high human development level), Thailand, India (no countries with low human development level), France, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan from European Region (no countries with low human development level), United Arab Emirates from countries with low human development level, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Pakistan, low human development countries from developed countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Singapore, Sudan, Western China none) were examined. The extent of violence against healthcare workers; The Human Development Index (HDI) has been compared with various data (life expectancy at birth, expected years of education, average years of education, per capita income, per capita nurses, medical doctors hospital and hospital beds, under-5 mortality rate, per capita alcohol consumption, health expenditures, population-based estimated prevalence of depression, health care delivery, population density, violence and injury prevention rates) for Turkey and other countries, and PAP profiles for homicide, . Countries that have legal regulations in terms of preventing violence against healthcare workers in the countries examined; Canada (4th category), Turkey (4th category), France (4th category), United Arab Emirates (4th category), Algeria (3rd category), Guyana (3rd category), China (3rd category), India (2nd category), Pakistan (1st category). Countries that do not have legal regulations in terms of preventing violence against healthcare workers; Maurutuis (4th category), Singapore (4th category), Thailand (3rd category), Tunisia (3rd category), Azerbaijan (3rd category), Cuba (3rd category), Kyrgyzstan (2nd category), Ghana (2nd category), Mali (1st category), Sudan (1st category). Each country has protective-preventive penalties within the scope of crime-penalty specific to its own country. Penalties for crimes vary from country to country; It differs from penalties such as fines, imprisonment, flogging, and death sentences. Keywords: Legal dimension in violence against healthcare workers, violence, violence against healthcare workers.