The Violence Prevention Community Meeting: A Multi-Site Study

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• Personal Author:
  Amandus H ; Hendricks S ; Lanza M ; Lovelace J ; Ridenour, Marilyn ; Rierdan J ; Schmidt S ; Zeiss R
• Description:
  Objective: The Violence Prevention Community Meeting (VPCM) is a specialized form of community meeting in which avoiding violence and promoting non-violent problem solving and interpersonal civility are focal points. A nationwide study to assess the VPCM as an effective intervention to reduce workplace violence was undertaken. Participants: Seven acute locked psychiatric units of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) throughout the United States participated in the study. Methods: All patients and all staff on the seven in-patient locked psychiatry units participated in the intervention (VPCM) or as a control (treatment as usual). The study was 21 weeks at each site. The three time periods were pre-treatment weeks 1-3, treatment weeks 4-18, and post-treatment weeks 19-21. The VPCM was conducted during the treatment weeks. Results: Overall rates of aggression declined by 0.6% (95% CI: - 5.6%, 6.5%; nonsignificant) per week in the intervention hospitals and by 5.1% (95% CI: 0.4%, 9.6%; significant) per week for the control hospitals. Conclusions: Aggression decreased for both the intervention and control hospitals which could be due to enrollment in a research study and thus being more aware of their ability to address workplace violence at their site. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health Care Facilities Intervention Effectiveness Psychiatrists Violence Prevention Workplace Violence
• ISSN:
  0883-9417
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; 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
• Pages in Document:
  382-386
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069211
• Citation:
  Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2016 Jun; 30(3):382-386
• Contact Point Address:
  Marilyn Lanza, DNSC, Edith Nourse Rogers Veteran's Administration Hospital, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730
• Email:
  marilyn.lanza@va.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207735/cdc_207735_DS1.pdf
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