Tehran University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Occupational Hygiene 2008-5109 13 2 2021 06 30 187 189 Kaleab Tesfaye Tegegne Department of Public Health, Hawassa College of Health Science, Hawassa, Ethiopia Andualem Zenebe Department of Public Health, Hawassa College of Health Science, Hawassa, Ethiopia Abiyu Ayalew Assefa Department of Public Health, Hawassa College of Health Science, Hawassa, Ethiopia Eleni Tesfaye Tegegne College of Medicine and Health Science, School of Nursing, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Mekibib Kassa Tessema Leishmania Research and Treatment Center, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Wosenyeleh Semeon Bagajjo Hawassa College of Health Science, Hawassa, Ethiopia 2021 05 12 2021 10 13 In different countries the meaning of workplace violence is embedded in different socio-political realities. The biggest problem at all levels of analysis is the lack of a consistent definition of workplace violence.  In terms of both the scope and consequences of workplace violence, a broad rather than a restrictive definition is needed, the definition of WHO   “The intentional use of power, threatened or actual, against another person or against a group, in work-related circumstances, that either results in or has a high degree of likelihood of resulting in injury. https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/514 https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/download/514/769