A Study of the Effectiveness of a Workplace Violence Intervention for Small Retail and Service Establishments

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• Personal Author:
  Casteel C ; Chu LD ; Greenland S ; Kraus JF ; Peek-Asa, Corinne
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Examine the effectiveness of a robbery and violence prevention program in small businesses in Los Angeles. METHODS: Gas/convenience, liquor and grocery stores, bars/restaurants, and motels were enrolled between 1997 and 2000. Intervention businesses (n = 305) were provided training, program implementation materials, and recommendations for a comprehensive security program. Control businesses (n = 96) received neither training nor program materials. RESULTS: Rate ratios comparing intervention to control businesses were 0.90 for violent crime (95% confidence limits [CL] = 0.53, 1.53) and 0.81 for robbery (95% CL = 0.38, 1.73). The reduction in violent crime was concentrated in high-compliance intervention businesses (risk ratio = 0.74, 95% CL = 0.40, 1.36). Low-compliance intervention businesses had practically the same postintervention crime as the control businesses. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the workplace violence intervention may reduce violent crime among high-risk businesses, especially those with high program compliance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Small Business Workplace
• Keywords:
  Injuries Injury-prevention Retail-workers Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Safety-research Small-businesses Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Worker-motivation Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035360
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2008 Dec; 50(12):1365-1370
• Contact Point Address:
  Carri Casteel, University of North Carolina, 137 East Franklin Street, Suite 500, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7505
• Email:
  ccasteel@email.unc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19960930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:20a91c70d711f7fed0bf9492d2701b1d8dec4f459fa82037c778823a3b85fbe324498858f58418c61affc49ef513dec980c94eb30de0c3fa6623f60c6d21aab5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187247/cdc_187247_DS1.pdf
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