Reporting Violence to a Health Care Employer: A Cross-Sectional Study

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• Personal Author:
  Findorff MJ ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Wall MM ; Findorff MJ ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Wall MM
• Description:
  The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to identify individual and employment characteristics associated with reporting workplace violence to an employer and to assess the relationship between reporting and characteristics of the violent event. Current and former employees of a Midwest health care organization responded to a specially designed mailed questionnaire. The researchers also used secondary data from the employer. Of those who experienced physical and non-physical violence at work, 57% and 40%, respectively, reported the events to their employer. Most reports were oral (86%). Women experienced more adverse symptoms, and reported violence more often than men did. Multivariate analyses by type of reporting (to supervisors or human resources personnel) were conducted for non-physical violence. Reporting work-related violence among health care workers was low and most reports were oral. Reporting varied by gender of the victim, the perpetrator, and the level of violence experienced. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Men Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health-care-personnel Health-surveys Injuries Injury-prevention Medical-personnel Quantitative-analysis Questionnaires Statistical-analysis Training Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-organization Work-practices Workplace-monitoring

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• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  399-406
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037467
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2005 Sep; 53(9):399-406
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cf052021db038a5d08379c2bdeda8784aac3dbaed2b5f2466f25b7d706a3cb20afd6fc0990fcb903bd6533b4fd7189156ace62be08bb0f76c2d53bf4b084fab3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188559/cdc_188559_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.05 MB ]