Written violence policies and risk of physical assault against Minnesota educators

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• Personal Author:
  Feda DM ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Nachreiner, Nancy M. ; Ryan, Andrew D.
• Description:
  Few research studies on school violence policies use quantitative methods to evaluate the impact of policies on workplace violence. This study analyzed nine different written violence policies and their impact on work-related physical assault in educational settings. Data were from the Minnesota Educators' Study. This large, nested case control study included cases (n=372) who reported physical assaults within the last year, and controls (n=1116) who did not. Multivariate logistic regression analyses, using directed acyclic graphs, estimated risk of assault. Results of the adjusted multivariate model suggested decreased risks of physical assault were associated with the presence of policies regarding how to report sexual harassment, verbal abuse, and threat (OR 0.53; 95 per cent CI: 0.30-0.95); assurance of confidential reporting of events (OR 0.67; 95 per cent CI: 0.44-1.04); and zero tolerance for violence (OR 0.70; 95 per cent CI: 0.47-1.04). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Case Reports Education Mental Disorders Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Workplace Violence Behavioral-disorders Case-studies Injuries Injury Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Physiological-factors Policy Analysis Quantitative-analysis Regulations Risk-analysis Safety-climate Safety-programs Sociological-factors Teaching Tolerance-threshold Work-environment Zero Tolerance Policies

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• ISSN:
  0197-5897
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  461-477
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038090
• Citation:
  J Public Health Policy 2010 Dec; 31(4):461-477
• Contact Point Address:
  Denise M. Feda, University at Buffalo, Farber Hall G56, 3435 Main Street, Building #26, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040501
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Public Health Policy
• End Date:
  20080430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a693ca92151281ead8907dec5591187361f950b5619903b75e957c62b471acce9fe31816c85bb68cd343de05b7d331901afe4943c011d8003aabfffd3b3804fb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191906/cdc_191906_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 130.38 KB ]