Occupational physical assault and violence prevention training: the Minnesota educators' study

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• Personal Author:
  Church, Timothy R. ; Feda DM ; Geiser MS ; Gergerich SG ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Mongin, Steven J. ; Nachreiner, Nancy M. ; Ryan, Andrew D. ; Sage SK ; Watt GD
• Description:
  Introduction: Recent events heightened awareness of school violence affecting educators. Previously, the focus had been on students, not teachers. Methods: Data were analyzed from a population-based study of 26,000 randomly selected Minnesota educators. 6469 were eligible and contacted in study Phase 1 to determine violent events. In Phase 2 (case-control study), cases (n=299 reporting physical assault in previous year) and controls n=(867, no events) provided exposure information for the month prior to assault, and randomly selected months, respectively. Directed acyclic graphs were used to select confounders for multiple regression analyses. Results: Response for each study phase was 84%. Cases and controls, respectively, reported being trained about the following ten topics by their current employer/school: resolving conflicts (55%, 54%); using appropriate restraining techniques (55%, 27%); reporting work-related physical assault (54%, 50%); preventing bullying (53%, 58%); reporting work-related harassment (52%, 52%); managing threats/assaults (51%, 44%); recognizing risk factors for violence (50%, 41%); having a violence prevention policy (49%, 37%); using self-defense (29%, 12%); and operating safety alarms or devices (20%, 22%). The majority of cases and controls received one-two sessions of violence prevention training in the past year (60%, 56%) for primarily less than five hours (cases, 37%; controls, 46%). Preliminary multivariate analyses indicated that those trained to use appropriate restraint techniques had an increased risk of physical assault (OR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.08-2.59). Conclusions: Empirical evidence on the efficacy of training on violence prevention is lacking. These data are critical to understand the association of training and physical assault of educators. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Behavior
  • Demography
  • Education
  • Epidemiology
  • Men
  • Mental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Force
  • Epidemiology
  • Teaching
  • Education
  • Physical-stress
  • Hazards
  • Exposure-levels
  • Risk-factors
  • Humans
  • Men
  More +
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043827
• Citation:
  APHA 136th Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, California, October 25-29, 2008. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2008 Oct; :176673
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040501
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 136th Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, California, October 25-29, 2008
• End Date:
  20080430
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199712/cdc_199712_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 80.36 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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