New Jersey Workplace Violence Legislation Evaluation Synopsis

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• Personal Author:
  Ridenour, Marilyn
• Description:
  Problem. In 2017, there were 13,080 nonfatal workplace violence injuries that required days away from work among healthcare and social assistance workers, which accounted for 71% of the nonfatal violence-related intentional injuries by other persons occurring in all private industries combined. In 2017, within the private health care and social assistance industry sector, the rate for nonfatal violence-related intentional injuries by other persons that required days away from work as a result of violence was 9.1 per 10,000 full-time workers, almost 5 times greater than the overall rate in private industry of 1.9 per 10,000 full-time workers. Because of higher violence-related intentional injuries by other persons among healthcare and social assistance workers and the social impact in New Jersey (NJ) of violence as an escalating problem in many healthcare settings, the NJ Violence Prevention in Health Care Facilities Act was enacted in September 2011 to prevent workplace violence. In September 2011, the enactment of the New Jersey Violence Prevention in Health Care Facilities Act required acute care, psychiatric and nursing home facilities to develop workplace violence prevention programs with minimum requirements of: a workplace violence committee, training in violence recognition and prevention, a workplace violence policy and plan, reporting procedures, work-site violence assessment, and worker participation. ... Conclusions. Training was viewed by administrators as a strength of the regulation. Training is an important tool to address workplace violence for nurses and home healthcare aides and is an important component of a workplace violence prevention program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Mental Disorders Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Violence Workplace
• Keywords:
  Behavioral Disorders Hazard Recognition Health Care Health Care Facilities Health Care Personnel Health Care Workers Humans Injuries Injury Prevention Legislation Nursing Policy Psychological Factors Sociological Factors Surveillance Training Violence Prevention Workplace Violence

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• Publisher:
  American Psychological Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; 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:
  135-136
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059079
• Citation:
  Work, Stress and Health 2019, November 6-9, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2019 Nov; :135-136
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Work, Stress and Health 2019, November 6-9, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223399/cdc_223399_DS1.pdf
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