Risk of physical assault against school educators with histories of occupational and other violence: a case-control study

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• Personal Author:
  Church, Timothy R. ; Erkal S ; Feda DM ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Mongin, Steven J. ; Nachreiner, Nancy M. ; Ryan, Andrew D.
• Description:
  A case-control study design was used to investigate risks of work-related physical assault (PA) associated with a history of violent victimization among educators. A total of 6,469 state-licensed educators (Kindergarten - Grade 12) worked in the previous 12 months and were eligible to participate. Exposure data were collected from cases (reporting a PA event in previous 12 months, n = 290) for the month before PA, and from controls (no work-related PA in previous 12 months; n = 867) for a randomly selected working month. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals identified increased risks for educators with any prior history of work-related (17.3, 11.4-26.3) or non-work-related PA (2.0, 1.2-3.5). In addition, PA risk in the previous twelve months increased with the number of previous victimizations, and risk also increased for educators with histories of non-physical violence (work- and non work-related). The results present a compelling case for targeted interventions and further research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Case Reports Education Epidemiology Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Teacher Case-studies Injuries Physical-reactions Physiological-response Psychological-responses Psychology Risk-analysis Teaching Work-environment Work-related Assault Worker-health Workplace-studies Workplace Violence

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• ISSN:
  1051-9815
• 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:
  39-46
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041380
• Citation:
  Work 2012 May; 42(1):39-46
• Contact Point Address:
  Nancy Nachreiner, PhD, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, MMC 807, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
• Email:
  nachr001@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040501
• Source Full Name:
  Work
• End Date:
  20080430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f9ea1625c7626a83b5541c72411e83e3fb3df2636994f78f9793365dca09d35cea5c6e84d8b69c2f1eea2eeaa990523225b04f766bdbaacab0ea0dbcea53cfe3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193963/cdc_193963_DS1.pdf
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