Physical assaults among education workers: findings from a statewide study

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• Personal Author:
  Hartley D ; Hendricks S ; Konda S ; Tiesman, Hope M.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Enumerate and describe physical assaults occurring to Pennsylvania education workers. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was mailed to a random sample of 6450 workers, stratified on gender, occupation, and region. Logistic regression was used to examine risk factors for physical assault. RESULTS: During the 2009-2010 school year, 309 of 2514 workers were assaulted 597 times. Special education teachers, urban workers, and those in their first 3 years of employment were at an increased risk. Most assaults did not lead to medical care or time away from work; however, those assaulted were significantly more likely to find work stressful, have low job satisfaction, and consider leaving the education field (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.5 [95% CI = 1.5 to 4.1]; AOR = 2.4 [95% CI = 1.5 to 3.9]; AOR = 10.7 [95% CI = 4.1 to 28.1]). CONCLUSIONS: Although education workers experienced few serious physical assaults, the impact of this violence was considerable. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Education Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Emotional-stress Health-surveys Job-stress Mathematical-models Physical-reactions Risk-factors Surveillance Teaching Violence-prevention Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044410
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2014 Jun; 56(6):621-627
• Contact Point Address:
  Hope M. Tiesman, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, Analysis and Field Evaluations Branch, 1095Willowdale Rd, M/S 1811, Morgantown, WV 26506
• Email:
  htiesman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9b1285af5d711d126851cff7a965d29db65d256f5709f3e8101561b394fdad86e3cf1f456b1a4665ed0ca217e0c62ac9117fdd2fbb394e10fde5afc290122ea0
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200116/cdc_200116_DS1.pdf
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