An educational program to prevent, manage, and recover from workplace violence

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• Personal Author:
  Gates DM ; Gillespie GL ; Mentzel T
• Description:
  There exists a gap in the preparation of emergency department (ED) employees to prevent, manage, and recover from workplace violence (WPV). Thus, the purpose of this article is to evaluate learning outcomes following a 4-unit WPV educational program. A quasi-experimental study was used to evaluate learning outcomes with 315 employees from 3 EDs. Units 1-3 were web-based and included a pretest-posttest. Unit 4 was classroom-based and allowed employees to apply the knowledge learned during the web-based program. A paired samples t tests reflected a significant increase in knowledge attainment (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in knowledge attainment between employees who completed the web-based learning only and employees who completed the hybrid web-based/classroom-based education (p = 0.136). A well-developed WPV educational program can achieve significant learning outcomes in ED employees. Web-based learning may be an effective alternative yielding learning outcomes equal to that of a hybrid educational program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Promotion Men Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Classroom-based Learning Emergency Department Force Health-programs Humans Hybrid Learning Statistical-analysis Training Web-based Learning Work-environment Workers Workplace Violence

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• ISSN:
  1931-4485
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  325-332
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042426
• Citation:
  Adv Emerg Nurs J 2012 Oct-Dec; 34(4):325-332
• Contact Point Address:
  Gordon Gillespie, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
• Email:
  gordon.gillespie@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f27321fc016c7cec6600f8ad58dc885217b878420e944de1a49e8eaecc2393871ed43b0d863eed634e8ebfa4841fe85c7ac294901360dcd46c0bc583b7154b75
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194653/cdc_194653_DS1.pdf
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