A THESIS PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Abstract

Summary Introduction Workplace violence affects every sector and industry in the world, it can take on many forms, it ranges from verbal threats to front page workplace shooting events, homicide to bullying, from sexual assault to verbal abuse, from armed robbery to passive aggression – and everything in between. Each year, more than 1.6 million people worldwide lose their lives because of work place violence and many are suffer from physical, sexual and mental health problem. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess prevalence of work place violence and associated factors among medium scale industry workers in Shashemene town, southeast, Ethiopia. Methods: Institution based cross sectional study will be conducted from February to June 2016. Work plan and cost of project: A total of 26,211.00 birr is required to carry out this study. The study will end up with five months (February- June 2016), divided in to three phases that is proposal development and defense, data collection and analysis and thesis writing