Case-control study of student-perpetrated physical violence against educators

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• Personal Author:
  Church, Timothy R. ; Feda DM ; Geisser MS ; Gerberich, Susan G. ; McGovern, Patricia M. ; Mongin, Steven J. ; Nachreiner, Nancy M. ; Pinder ED ; Ryan, Andrew D. ; Sage SK ; Watt GD
• Description:
  PURPOSE: Although prior research focused primarily on student-on-student school violence, educators are also at risk. This study was designed to identify risk factors for assaults against educators. METHODS: Kindergarten-grade 12 educators (n = 26,000), randomly selected from a state license database, were screened for eligibility (6,469, eligible) by mailed questionnaire. Phase 1 (12-month recall) identified eligible assault cases (n = 372) and controls (n = 1,116), June 2004 to December 2005; phase 2 (case-control study; response, 78%) enabled identification of exposures through 1-month recall before student-perpetrated assaults (cases) and randomly selected months (controls). Directed acyclic graphs enabled confounder selection for multivariable logistic regression analyses; reweighting adjusted for potential biases. RESULTS: Risks (odds ratios, 95% confidence intervals) increased for working in: Special Education (5.84; 4.07-8.39) and School Social Work (7.18; 2.72-18.91); kindergarten to second grade (1.81; 1.18-2.77); urban (1.95; 1.38-2.76) schools; schools with less than 50 (8.40; 3.12-22.63), 50-200 (3.67; 1.84-7.34), 201-500 (2.09; 1.32-3.29), and 501-1000 (1.94; 1.25-3.01) students versus more than 1000; schools with inadequate resources always/frequently (1.62; 1.05-2.48) versus infrequently/never; inadequate building safety always/frequently (4.48; 2.54-7.90) versus infrequently/never; and environments with physical barriers (1.50; 1.07-2.10). Risks decreased with routine locker searches (0.49; 0.29-0.85) and accessible exits (0.36; 0.17-0.74). CONCLUSIONS: Identification of assault risk factors provides a basis for further investigation and interventions [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Education Men Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Violence Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Author Keywords: Assault Risk Factors Humans Occupational Violence Questionnaires Risk-factors School Violence Statistical-analysis Student Perpetrators Teaching Violence-prevention Violence Against Educators/Teachers Work-environment Work-related Workers

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• ISSN:
  1047-2797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; 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:
  24
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045481
• Citation:
  Ann Epidemiol 2014 May; 24(5):325-332
• Contact Point Address:
  Leon S. Robertson, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 807, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN, 55455
• Email:
  gerbe001@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040501
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Epidemiology
• End Date:
  20080430
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200887/cdc_200887_DS1.pdf
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