Adolescent workers' experiences of and training for workplace violence

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• Personal Author:
  Beery TA ; Gillespie GL ; Smith CR
• Description:
  Adolescent workers may not be aware that violence is a safety concern in the workplace. As part of a larger mixed-methods pilot study, investigators used a self-administered survey and individual interviews with 30 adolescent workers from a chain of food service stores in a Midwestern metropolitan area to explore experiences of workplace violence (WPV) and ways of learning WPV-specific information. Participants reported experiencing verbal and sexual harassment and robberies. Most participants reported awareness of WPV-specific policies and procedures at their workplace; the ways participants reported learning WPV-specific information varied. Findings support the need for occupational safety training to assist adolescent workers prevent and mitigate potential WPV. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Bullying Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Author Keywords: Adolescent Grocery Stores Humans Questionnaires Retail Workers Statistical Analysis Teenagers Training Training Effectiveness Workplace Violence

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• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• 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:
  297-307
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047647
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2015 Jul; 63(7):297-307
• Contact Point Address:
  Carolyn R. Smith, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210038, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
• Email:
  Carolyn.Smith@uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:505576f58cda3790e9673986461a1e893f41bbfa8c0776def8e63a5e7e34dea169ee767b21e75433a28e13a2d4ff5efaabb017b5e83b28f4e0e10c5147892022
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202661/cdc_202661_DS1.pdf
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